The Knight and the Dove

BRACKEN’S TREATMENT OF MEGAN over the next week was unlike anything she’d ever experienced. Something wonderful was happening between them, and Megan had never known such joy or peace.

there are no guarantees. You must come to God His way, through His Son, Jesus Christ. You cannot come with the intention of bargaining on your own terms.”

“I would be a fool not to be alert, my love, but I fear not for tomorrow.

“I would be a fool not to be alert, my love, but I fear not for tomorrow. Has God not proven to us repeatedly that He will see to our every need? Has God not proven His love over and over?”

“The thought of her dying destroys me, Louisa, but even if she lives, I don’t think it will fill this emptiness I feel inside. I want to be changed—I want to be a better man—but I continue to make the same mistakes over and over.”

“The changes God makes are very real, my dear nephew, but you will still sin again and again. However, the hopelessness will be gone. For every sin there is forgiveness, and fellowship so sweet that I cannot find the words to describe it to you.

“Dear,” Louisa continued patiently, “God is not like some magical stone we can pull out of our pocket to use when we have a want or need. You can call out to God right now, and He will save you, but that does not guarantee that Megan will live.”

“The thought of her dying destroys me, Louisa, but even if she lives, I don’t think it will fill this emptiness I feel inside.

I will remember to walk with God alone.”

Megan asked God to score these verses into her heart so that her words and actions would be changed forever