Status Updates From A Dare and a Prayer (The Co...

~ “So there you have it, my boy—your 1-2-3 steps to a good and solid life. Ask-Pray-Read, in that order.”

~ “Because the ultimate irony is, God’s will is exactly what we would choose for ourselves … if we could see the future.”

~ “‘Good and solid’ is not something we can achieve on our own, Henry, it’s a foundation that can only come from God because the truth is, He is the only ‘good and solid’ thing in life upon which one can build a ‘good and solid’ life.”

~ “…we have a God who is personal, longing to help us with every problem we have because we are personal to Him.”

Ugh this book is so HEAVY

~ Henry Dennehy would be the catch of a lifetime if he just turned his life over to God.

Me: that’s how I feel too…about him

Patrick and Marcy now have seven happily married children—God, please give mom and dad that too

~ “We’re talking about you, Henry. About falling in love with a woman like me, who loves you and is probably praying for you this very instant, but who will never ever give in to that love. Not until the man that she loves gives in to her God.”

~ “My point is—Bren thought he wanted Gabe because they were more alike, but deep down what he really wanted—what he really needed—was a woman who would pray for him, put her faith before him, and teach him how to honor a God who would lead him to the love and peace he so desperately craved.”

Oh, this is hard to read. Why didn’t that happen for me?

Henry’s middle name is Patrick 😕

Ah, so that’s why Amy and Dan broke up. That might’ve been me

~ “See? This is what I’m talking about,” she said quietly, you’re not fine. You’re always staring off into space. Present, but not really there, and to be honest, I’m really worried.”

Me: I remember being like that. It was a horrible feeling

This is typically the part where I would be sobbing. But oddly, I’m not. Because I now know that pain, so I’m just sad but not sobbing…🤷🏻‍♀️

~ Shaking her head, she followed behind, thinking Henry Dennehy would be the catch of a lifetime if he just turned his life over to God.

Me: I get that, Amy. I get that

~ “Because without God at the center of a relationship, Henry, it’s like a ship sailing a sea of erratic emotions—smooth and calm one day and roiling whitecaps the next. Fractious tempests that can sink a relationship or a person with one mighty crash of a wave.”

I wonder what happened with Daniel