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"Paul sought to erode Angel's confidence every time they met, while Angel set herself to endure whatever he threw at her." Paul is a slave to the enemy. He is working through Paul to steal and destroy what God has gifted to Angel. UGHHHHHHHHHH. Paul is so incredibly frustrating I actually cannot anymore. I want to shake him till he can't be shook anymore. Even after that I don't think sense could be put into him.

"She wondered if Paul wasn't right about everything." I AM SCREAMING FOR THIS GIRL. WHAT IS HIS PROBLEM. LIKE OKAY I KNOW HE IS HURTING BUT THIS IS A WHOLE OTHER LEVEL OF CRUELTY.

"She knew Paul wasn't confused. He was hurting. Because of her. What hadn't she thought past her own revenge that day? Couldn't she have ignored his insults? She had known he was jealous. She had known that he thought she wasn't good enough to be Michael's wife. She had known a lot of things about Paul on first sight." My sweet girl. She thinks it's all her fault, when that is the furthest from the truth.

Michael mirrors the unconditional love of God.

"Paul glanced around. Angel was looking at him. He gave her a sardonic smile, expecting her to smile back just as derisively. She didn't. He hated her so much he could taste it." Absolutely no words.

"He was in bad shape when just looking at a pretty, sixteen year old girl made him feel this way. He ought to ride to the nearest camp and stop in at the local brothel. The very idea sickened him." THIS IS MY VERY ISSUE. He is a straight up hypocrite. Angel never pretended to be someone she wasn't. PAUL DOES. He acts like he is so much better. He is worse. Angel didn't have a choice, he does. I want to shake him.

I am trying to have compassion for Paul. BUT AT TIMES I JUST HATE HIM. I DON'T WANT HIM TO MARRY MIRIAM. HE IS DISGUSTING.

"You're like the earth....the Sierras, the fertile valley and the sea." She didn't know what he had in mind until he took her hands and bowed his head. He prayed aloud, giving thanks for the pleasure they had taken in one another. Angel's heart hammered violently. What was his God going to think of this? "No lightning, beloved. All good things come down from the Father. Even this." This is the most beautiful moment.

"I wish I could change things. I wish I had come to you clean and whole." "So that I would love you more than I do now?" So that I might be worthy of you." None of us are clean and whole without God. God turns us into a new creation, clean and fully whole. If we allow him to work in our lives that is.

How could she, of all women, be loved so much by a man like this? Oh, God , if you are listening, why did you do this to him? "For you, beloved." He leaves the 99 to find the 1.