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“Honor him as a man made in the image of God. Honor him as a soul Jesus died to save. I will never slur him nor wish him harm, but that does not mean I agree with everything he decrees.”
“God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and a sound mind.”
Valens was neither alone in the belly of the earth nor powerless. The power of the One who formed the stones beneath his head lived within him, and there was no place Valens could go where He would not see or hear.
“He is the Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the End. He was, and is, and will always be the One True God. The only God. He created everything that exists out of nothing. He spoke and the world came into being, breathed and the stars burst into flame. He called light into existence with a word. He is the All-Powerful One, the All-Knowing One. Creator. Rescuer. Healer.”
“I will pray for you, Iris.” He paused. “But know this: I am mere clay in the hands of an almighty God. It is in His name and by His design that you are healed. It has nothing to do with me.”
“No magic. Your daughter was healed by the power of Jesus Christ.”
“Jesus Christ is God. Creator of this world and everything in it. No temple can contain Him. He breathes out stars and life, and yet He is not far from any of us.”
“Love that has no will of its own is not love at all; it’s servitude—worse, it’s slavery.”
“I cannot pretend to know the mind of God or tell you what He plans. All I know is that He does not see the world as we do—only seeing what concerns us right now.” Valens spread his hands wide. “He sees all of it, the now and the future. Because of that, He can make sense of all that seems senseless in the world.”
The forces of evil sought to destroy a man—a family—yet God turned what was meant to destroy into something that saved them all.”
“We are not strong all the time. God has graciously made us all different, so when one is weak, those with strength can lift them up. We must carry each other’s burdens, not add to them with heaps of guilt.”
“I believe in love as God intended it to be. A man and woman bound together until death parts them. To love, serve, and honor each other, becoming a picture of Christ and His love for all of us. Loyal, steady, consuming.”
“It is easy to trust in God when He works miracles, but will we trust Him even if He does not?”
“The Lord bless you,” he spoke softly, not breaking eye contact. “And be your protector. May the Lord make His face to shine on you and be gracious to you. May the Lord look with favor on you and give you peace.”
“I clung to Him. Tighter than I ever thought possible. I had to. If I didn’t, I’d have clung to my grief and turned bitter. I clung to God until He became my everything. And once He was my everything, I needed nothing else.”
“Ask yourself what you know is true. God is good.” Beatrix’s voice rang firm. “Even in loss, even when He does not answer our prayers as we would have Him do, He is good, and we can trust Him.”
Will we choose to follow God? Is He worth the risk? Will we trust Him even when things don’t turn out the way we want? I pray the answer is always a resounding yes.
