Chapter Four
"Ok, so where are we?" Stacey asked pulling out their Teen Study Bible from the nightstand and flipping past the first nineteen books to Psalms.
"Um… we're three days behind… so probably Psalms 51." Dani said leaning closer to the place their two beds met at. Stacey opened to the passage and the two took turns reading until the end of the chapter. (A/n: The verses quoted are from The Holy Bible, New Century Version, © 1987, 1988, 1991 by Word Publishing, a division of Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission)
"'God, be merciful to me because you are loving. Because you are always ready to be merciful, wipe out all my wrongs. Wash away all my guilt and make me clean again. I know about my wrongs, and I can't forget my sin. You are the only one I have sinned against; I have done what you say is wrong. You are right when you speak and fair when you judge. I was brought into this world in sin. In sin my mother gave birth to me. You want me to be completely truthful, so teach me wisdom. Take away my sin, and I will be clean. Wash me, and I will be whiter than snow. Make me hear sounds of joy and gladness; let the bones you crushed be happy again.'" Stacey said reading from her Bible, Dani took over for the last eight verses.
"'Turn your face from my sins and wipe out all my guilt. Create in me a pure heart, God, and make my spirit right again. Do not send me away from you or take your Holy Spirit away from me. Give me back the joy of your salvation. Keep me strong by giving me a willing spirit. Then I will teach your ways to those who do wrong, and sinners will turn back to you. God, save me from the guilt of murder, God of my salvation, and I will sing about your goodness. Lord, let me speak so I may praise you. You are not pleased by sacrifices, or I would give them. You don't want burnt offerings. The sacrifice God wants is a broken spirit. God, you will not reject a heart that is broken and sorry for sin. Do whatever good you wish for Jerusalem. Rebuild the walls of Jerusalem. Then you will be pleased with right sacrifices and whole burnt offerings, and bulls will be offered on your alter.'"
After Stacey zipped their Bible back up, and placed it back on the nightstand she flipped off the little lamp and they each said their prayers before falling asleep.
Monday morning Dani woke up first at 6:45am, took a quick ten-minute shower and woke up Stacey. "If we hurry Andy said he cold drop us off on his way to work. However, his work starts a little earlier than our school does so we'll have to get to the high school a little bit earlier than we are used to."
"Ok… I'm up." Stacey mumbled while yawning. Within the next minute she got up and got in the shower. In literally seven-minutes she was joining Dani for a quick breakfast.
"That's him!" Dani said jumping when she heard a very faint knock at the door. She quickly gulped down the rest of her cereal and ran to the door. "Stacey, our ride is here!" Dani called across the living room into the kitchen.
Stacey took one last spoon full of he cereal and threw the rest in the sink before catching up with Dani and Andy in Andy's corvette.