This I Know

Wouldn’t what? Want two of His creations to love each other?”

It takes a lot of energy to try to be what you aren’t, but even more not to be what you are.

God . . . real?” I flinch as soon as the words are out in case lightning is about to hit.
Very real.
“Have you seen him?”
It’s not like you think, Grace. God is in you. God is in all of us. To people like your daddy he is human-looking. Others recognize God in a river or a tree.
“But Jesus is the son of God, right?”
We’re all children of God.

matters is that you experience God in the way that feels true to you.

“Then who is Satan?”
It’s more of a what than a who.

Satan represents all the evil in the world. It’s the dark side in all of us, our temptation to serve ourselves at the cost of others. You can probably think of some good examples.

Deep inside I know that creating a child, carrying her, and then facing the possibility of losing her is different from having your brother die, even your twin. Not worse or easier. Just different in the way that love feels when it’s taken from you.