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“Me either. In fact, right now, I just want a bed, and breakfast, and maybe not in that order, but the more I think about the last twenty-four hours, and even the last week, the more I’m back in that cave trying not to drown, so yeah, if I
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“There were so many beliefs these days, so many theories and philosophies, yet if she dared not ask if God was real, and why He allowed evil to exist in the world, then how could she ever know the truth? How could she stop being afraid when the truth had no standard and no foundation, but instead was whatever a person made up to make themself feel better?”
― Night Falls on Predicament Avenue
― Night Falls on Predicament Avenue
“Our harmonies anchor to one another the way they have since I was in grade school, each of us building in dynamic as the chorus swells into a blend so achingly right. I wish we could secure this same sense of unity outside of song. Because it's here, with my heart open and my voice lifted, that I feel the most connected to the family God gave me. No matter the differences between us, our frustrations, tensions offenses, or grief, when the four of us sing together, all the chaos in our world is forced to yield as we merge into one with the music.”
― The Roads We Follow
― The Roads We Follow
“I've never desired to charm an audience the way my mother's done for decades, perhaps because the voice I've dreamed of sharing with the world is penned from my imagination.”
― The Roads We Follow
― The Roads We Follow
“Is grace given recklessly? No, it is not. It's given through sacrifice, rooted in the preciousness of love and life. It's given by surrendering to the One who laid down His life. It is a recognition that without the hope offered by the Savior who so willingly gives, who overcomes evil, we will live in fear. In the clutches of fear that suffocates and drains us. No. Grace is costly. But it is ours. And in receiving it, we find out weakness infused with His strength. His hope. His future. Live it.”
― Night Falls on Predicament Avenue
― Night Falls on Predicament Avenue
“I believe I will always be a memory here at 322 Predicament Avenue. And when the night Falls, those who sleep can choose to fear or hope, turn away or believe, rebel or reconcile. Because in the end, that's what life really is. The moments before we are face-to-face with God, and He enacts justice or grace. I fear the first, but truly, in spite of my sins, I believe He offers the second, even if I am almost too late in asking. For that is what I know to be true. It always has been. It always will be.”
― Night Falls on Predicament Avenue
― Night Falls on Predicament Avenue
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