Chapter 25 - Page 347 - Jim And Rhasha's Big Event

   The morning started out like every Sunday morning. Jim and Rhasha ate breakfast, then went to the hospital, where they spent two hours talking to the patients before rushing to get to church on time. Reverend Morris said the opening prayer, then asked Jim and Rhasha to sing a couple of songs. As they joined Jackie and Simbatu onstage, they couldn't keep their eyes off each other. In less than a week, they would be husband and wife.

   "I was sinking deep in sin, far from that peaceful shore," Jim and Rhasha sang. "Very deeply stained within, sinking to rise no more. But the master of the sea heard my despairing cry, and from the waters lifted me, now safe am I . . . "

   The congregation had heard all Jim's songs so often, everyone knew the words by heart. The congregation joined in, and their singing could be heard all over Angel Town: "Love lifted me. Love lifted me. When nothing else could help, love lifted me . . . "

   As they sang, Jim remembered what Jesus told him, the day he was saved. The words came to Jim as if they had just been spoken: "I am the way, Jim. Let me come into your heart and you will never be alone again."

   Jim had had no way of knowing at the time that his life would change drastically. Who would have thought that he would fall in love with a beautiful young black girl? A girl who made him the happiest man on earth.

   Rhasha had thoughts of her own, but of a different nature. She remembered all the times Jim had prayed for her. Any man who really loved a woman, she thought, would want her to go to heaven. Rhasha felt proud that Jim loved her that much.