I mean, if the relationship can't survive the long term, why on earth would it be worth my time and energy for the short term?
Strange, what being forced to slow down could do to a person.
If pinpointing God's presence were really that simple, then he supposed the beaches would be more crowded in the mornings. They would be filled with people on their own quests, instead of people jogging or walking their dogs or fishing in the surf.
More than anything, he wanted to return to the house with the same look of peace that he'd seen on Pastor Harris's face, but he trudged through the sand, he couldn't help feeling like an amateur, someone searching for God's truths like a child searching for seashells.
EVERYONE MAKES MISTAKES, EVEN THE PERSONS WE LOVE.
It hadn't been so long ago, yet sometimes she felt that she'd been an altogether different person back then.