The death of a friendship was usually slow and insidious, like the wearing away of a hillside after years of too much rain. A handful of misunderstandings, a season of miscommunication, the passing of time, and where once stood two women with a dozen years of memories and tears and conversation and laughter – where once stood two women closer than sisters – now stood two strangers.
When you believe in something you put your whole heart into it.
Maybe I’ll open a bookstore,” he smiled. “New and used books – so everyone has a chance to see the world through the pages of a story.
Ever feel like God wrote a part of the Bible just for you?
He might’ve only been seventeen, but he knew he wanted Jenna in his life as long as he lived.
He would stand by her. He would stand by her as long as the sun came up in the morning, as long as spring followed winter.
Like that their dreams were set. They promised to push each other, to never settle for anything but the place where their hearts led.
Prayer makes a difference.
Don’t blink, young people. Enjoy every minute.
He knew something he hadn’t known before... He not only missed her. He still loved her.
But believing in God and having a relationship with Him were two different things.
The thing with life is you get one chance.
I’d wish you good luck, but I don’t believe in it.
But God had showed her where she needed to be, and the answer was clearer than water.
And suddenly, there it was. The one thing they’d never discussed, never dared to imagine. At first he said nothing, but he didn’t have to. His eyes told her that he was feeling the same way that she was.
The truth is, people pick on those who shine.
God was beyond faithful, always, all the time.
You never touch just one heart. Because once someone is loved like that, they’ll go on to touch countless hearts. And with God the chain reaction never ends.
God’s still in control. Just like He was two thousand years ago.
God is at work, even in our storms.