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would prefer the pleasure of saying ‘I knew it all along’ to the regret of saying ‘I’m sorry for treating him poorly while you were at odds.’”
She had tried looking for comfort in La Bible. She had tried to find answers. But it had just been words these past weeks, never sinking deeper than her mind. “I know we are to forgive. And I will. But that doesn’t mean that we can go back to the way things used to be.”
“But God does not just instruct us to forgive—He instructs us to trust. To trust that, even though life hurts us, He will take care of us. That even if we lose the ones we love, He will sustain us through it.”
“You are afraid to love, my dear. Afraid that if you do, it will only come to a miserable end. And it may—life comes with no promises. But it’s worth it. It’s worth the risk.” She shook her head, intending it to be a denial that she was afraid. But with each movement, her resolve shifted. “No. No, it’s not worth it. How can I possibly love him when it means arguing like we have been? When it means he doesn’t want me to spread my wings lest I get hurt in the flight—” “Brook, he is the one who taught you how to fly! But is it so unreasonable that he asks you to look before you leap?”
God could stop all the evil, all the violence, but if He did, He’d be rendering their choices for Him meaningless. But God did have a hand in this world.
