QUOTE : In the years that have passed since I last saw him, I have tried to do to others as he did to me. Meet people where they are. As they are. To reflect Christ’s love, without judgment, in the messy details of everyday life. And it’s not as if my own life hasn’t been messy at times during those years. It has been, now and then, sometimes brutally so. Mostly as a result of my own choices. But God is who he is. Forever. Unchanging. And always there, even when he doesn’t seem to be. This I have learned. And this I know. Ultimately, I rest in that knowledge. And if my readers glean only one thing from my story, I hope that’s it. That God is there, even when he seems far away.