“Do you feel like God is asking you to give up your platform? Your influence?” “I don’t know. . . .” My voice trailed off into an uncomfortable silence. “Because if you gave everything up, He might, what? Love you more? Forgive you more? Accept you more?” I didn’t miss the way Silas tried to catch my eye. But I didn’t want to be caught. All of that was true. “If that’s your goal, you’ll never meet it. There’s nothing you can sacrifice that’s worthy of what God gives us freely.”
