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I always knew he’d come back.

Kindred Grace Team · 1 minute read

the story of Laura Alice & Claude Jr.

“I was sitting on the front porch,” the story went, “and I looked up and saw two young men come in the little gate and amble up the walk. But I really only saw one of them. And I said to myself, ‘Why, that’s Claude Jr.—and that’s the boy I’m going to marry.”

It was just like that. Both of them testified to ‘love at first sight’. And though that’s a rather dubious concept in our ‘enlightened’ age, I have to say that I believe them with all my heart.

He officially asked in the fall of 1941. A moment’s bliss—and then the war. Grandma’s eyes always grew misty when she got to that part in the story. Granddaddy was one of the first to go, and one of the last to return.

“Forty-eight months in the South Pacific,” she would murmur, as if to herself. “And I always knew he’d come back.”

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When we are reading love stories, we need to focus on what God has done—not on what the people did—because our very best “rightness” is still worth nothing in the Kingdom of God. It doesn’t guarantee us a single thing. Love stories are about how God moved, even when people didn’t have any idea that He was there.

(Natasha Metzler in "How to Read Love Stories")

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Visit the love story collection, find love stories in print, or browse more love stories in the same category as Laura Alice & Claude Jr.’s: Love Stories from History, Love in Uniform.

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Do You Believe in True Love? In a world of broken relationships and hurting people, it can seem like all we ever see is heartache—that marriages are doomed from the start and romance isn’t worth the risk. But heart-fluttering, long-lasting love is all around us…we just have to look for it! This collection of beautiful, real-life accounts will bring laughter and tears as you enjoy each story of ordinary people who found extraordinary love. Don’t let the world define romance for you! See how God is at work in the hearts of His people—knitting together hearts in a love that forever endures.

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· February 15, 2019 ·

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