Status Updates From Sunset by Karen Kingsbury (...

^They had family, and even if they didn’t have forever, they would enjoy every day God gave them. Life was like a sunrise, full of newness and hope and opportunity, but in this, the summer of their lives, there was no more reason to long for someday. The hope and life they’d longed for was here.^

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^”Our pastor likes to say that if we could completely understand God, then He wouldn’t be God.”^

^”The house is wonderful, but it isn’t walls and windows that make a home. I learned that from the fire.” He glanced at the corner of the house near the garage, the place where last fall’s blaze had started. “Go see about making things right with Reagan. That’s where you’ll find your home.”^

^”I took her for a drive and asked for her forgiveness.”

“It’s the same thing.”

“No.” His answer was kind, but it came quicker this time. “You give an apology. Forgiveness can only be given by the person you’ve hurt.”^

^He was asking God for help, but when was the last time he’d spent a morning like this? up before anyone else, exploring God’s Word and seeking wisdom for the day? […] This was the exact picture his dad had always made in the early morning. No wonder Luke had been raised in a home of goodness and grace, love and laughter. His dad’s deep devotion to God had created that type of home for his kids.^

^Maybe this was the reason she was feeling so emotional, so caught between yesterday’s redemption and tomorrow’s uncertainty.^

^Landon chuckled and swung Devin onto his hip.^

I’m sorry, no. Men do not hold babies in their hips. They hold them in their arms

^Silence is the fading heartbeat of relationships.^

^As the song ended, Landon felt something change in Ashley’s attitude, a change from deep inside. Because this was life, really. Clinging to each other, eyes set on Jesus, certain of the eventual outcome even if that was the only certainty at all.^