Kindle Notes & Highlights
Lyla rolled her eyes. “I asked God for a sister—not three pesky brothers.”
The Forum
Gonna have to look into that!!
you one smart pineapple.”
He was just a guy standing in front of a girl, asking if he could help. Oh, good gracious. Had she really just pulled a line from Winnie’s favorite rom-com?
“The only C I ever got in school was PE because I never improved my run time.” “Mine was in computer science class.”
Bruh so relatable. Grades really dont mean much when it comes to ur career In cs
“Oh, well, anyway, it’s about how we shouldn’t be discouraged or afraid. If we’re lonely, we should remember that God is watching over us.”
“Do. You.” Lyla crossed her arms. “Like. Her?” “Elinor?” To that, Lyla rolled her eyes in a “duh” way. He released a sigh. “She’s nice.” “Kekoa, we’re not in middle school here.”
A man who sees a woman’s brains over her beauty makes me love them even more—as a brother.”
“Well, now you know how women feel. We have to zip ourselves into tight dresses and cram our feet into pretty designer shoes all for the sake of fashion.”
Far bigger issues were going on in the world than for God to be concerned with something like her having friends.
Look at the birds of the air,’ my sweet Ellie, ‘for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?’ Your heavenly Father has His eye on you, my little sparrow.”
know, I know, you never had much patience for Sunday school unless snacks were involved.”
“Your courage comes not from a name, Kekoa, but by the way you live the life God sets before you. You reveal your courage the same way your mom and sisters do every day—by getting up, living life even when it’s hard, even when it’s scary, especially when we face challenges we cannot control. God’s calling on Gideon’s life was not to believe in his own capabilities but to trust that only in our weakness will we see God come through for us. It requires us to stake everything we believe, to surrender our lives, on our faith in God.”
“Only in our weakness will we see God come through for us. It requires us to stake everything . . . on our faith in God.”
It wasn’t through his own strength that he could let go, it was by leaning into the strength of the One so much bigger than the hurt and the pain.
Releasing the responsibility to the Lord meant becoming vulnerable in his faith and trust. Could he do that?
“Until you accept what God allowed to happen, you will never have peace for your uhane.” His father tapped Kekoa’s chest. “Your soul will always be unsettled.”
“I can’t hold on to this anymore. It’s too much for me. I’m not strong enough. I give it to you. I give Ikaia to you.”
It was easier to blame them and himself than to accept the truth—some things would never be under his control, and it required faith to trust that God was in control even in the hard stuff. Faith requires trust.
“Keep your eye on the Lord, Kekoa, just like Peter.” His father’s words came back to him. “Don’t focus on the waves trying to take you down, focus on the One.”
What does a baby computer call his father?” Elinor tried to smile, but it caused the split in her lip to pull apart and she cringed. “Data.”
Keep her safe if you can. I know it might be hard for you, you math majors were always on the reedy side. Har-har.
In God’s peace, Artie
He explained, or tried to, that not all aunties and uncles were his real aunties and uncles and that some were honorary out of respect, and the same with cousins.
