7Millson studied the clock on his office wall for the fourth time in fifteen minutes. An hour remained before Yvonne returned home. Could he handle another domestic crisis? The ministry proffered stress in abundance, demanding instant healing for gaping emotional wounds, and there had been plenty of those in recent months.
A young mother calmly pulled her car into the family garage, lowered the door and left the engine running as she returned to her seat and rolled down the window. Her thirteen year old daughter, a student in his confirmation class, found her two hours later, eyes gaping, lips bloated and painted a sickly blue. The poor woman had a history of emotional problems and rarely attended church, which lightened his guilt some, but giving comfort to an abandoned only child and he
