He asked if he could pray with her

Erica DeCarlo & Larry Potter

“Larry was not the first person Erica talked to, but he was the first (and only) match who asked if he could pray with her.”

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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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