God knew I was there.

Aimee Beery & Japeth Stauffer

“Now put yourself in my shoes, I had never met this girl until 10 days ago and now I was calling to ask her father for permission to court his daughter. Not date, but court, with the full intention that if I won her heart, I would marry her! To top it off, the only picture I had seen of this guy was him all puckered up to play the harmonica!”

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We become the story we feed on. Marital love satisfies longings like no cheap imitation can. So the Real Story, the cosmic romance, fills us like no other story can.

What story will I feed on? What story will I become?

(Ann Voskamp in "Become the Story", originally at A Holy Experience)

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