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First Published:
Apr 1999, 400 pages
Paperback:
Apr 2000, 416 pages
He was beginning to realize, however, that he was less and less afraid to do what appeared to be nothing.
In the end, he wasn't really afraid of moving to Whitecap, either; he'd given his wife the wrong notion. He had prayed that God would send him wherever He pleased, and when his bishop presented the idea of Whitecap, he knew it wasn't his bishop's bright idea at all, but God's. He had learned years ago to read God's answer to any troubling decision by looking to his heart, his spirit, for an imprimatur of peace. That peace had come; otherwise, he would not go.
He inhaled the freshness of the breeze that stole through the open window, and the fragrance of oak and cherry that pervaded the room like incense.
Then, lulled by the sight of his dozing wife, he put his head back and closed his eyes, and slept.
Text © 1999 Jan Karon. Reproduced with permission of the publisher, Viking.
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