Receiving Grace

by Ellen Sherrill

Cowboy Church Pastor Zach Clayton didn't want to feel compassion for the woman seated one seat away from him as the plane was nearing take-off on the LAX runway. Neither had he been in the pulpit of his church or reached beyond his own pain to help anyone else in the three years since his beloved Sasha had lost her battle with cancer. But the woman in the window seat seemed terrified as tears flowed down her beautiful face, and that inner Voice kept saying, "She's one of mine." Grace Morgan had loved ministering to the hurting women at the Los Angeles mega-church her charismatic husband had pastored. But when his infidelity became the most watched scandal on nation-wide television stations, everything crumbled around Grace. Leaving LA to escape the shame and disgrace she was grateful for the kindness of the tall cowboy who saw her fear and reached out to take her hand as the plane lifted into the air. Strangely, she could feel the pain he suffered, too. She wondered what his story was, but she'd never know because they didn't exchange any contact information. In the past she would have prayed for him, but she wasn't praying these days. God seemed too far away, and anyway, He had allowed her life to be shattered beyond repair. Whatever the handsome cowboy's problem was, she was certainly not looking for another man in her life. Could it possibly be that in spite of all the things that should have kept them apart these two broken hearts would be brought together and find healing, love, and new purpose in life? Would Destiny place demand on the callings within them to help the brokenhearted and thrust them into a future beyond their wildest dreams?

298 pages, Paperback

Published May 27, 2022