" Break me, Lord, until I’m wholly yours.” Her head came up. “That’s been my prayer for years . . . for myself. And it’s been my prayer for Robert, since the day I met him.” She squeezed his hand tight. “How are you so sure that this is what he needs?” Wyatt saw the fledging trust in her eyes. She was struggling, wanting to understand. And like blowing softly on kindling until it caught flame, he wanted to nurture that trust. “Because it’s what I needed when I was about Robert’s age—and nearly killed a man.” Seconds passed in silence. She slowly shook her head. “No . . . that’s not possible.” “I’m not the same man now that I was then, McKenna. My father loved me enough to let God deal with me in the consequences of what I’d done. And God did. He’ll do the same for Robert, too, if we’ll only let Him. "
― Tamera Alexander , The Inheritance