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1 " Long ago she'd clamped an iron shell around her heart and nothing and no one could pry it lose, but deep inside the tender flesh still beat. "
― Sarah Sundin , A Memory Between Us (Wings of Glory, #2)
2 " Brick walls towered over her. Decrepit staircases crowded about her. Nothing had changed. The line there, the lessons there, the rape there. Shouldn't the place be crimson with blood and black with shame? "
3 " She raised her head and saw a squadron of fighter planes. She stretched her hand high as if she could grab hold and climb away from what she had done, from who she was. "
4 " Ruth wiped her eyes. Successful at a price? Forgiven but damaged? She wished so much more for her baby sister. "
5 " Forgiveness doesn't require approval," she said. "God never approves of sin, but he still forgives us. "
6 " The shame of her youth screamed at her from every brick, but Jesus silenced it. She had dreaded this moment for weeks, but God was so powerful. In the very place of her worst sin and deepest pain his peace billowed through her soul. "
7 " Ah, you can't think when you're in love. "
8 " Each word plunged a knife into her body and spirit, crushed her with the burden of who she was. "
9 " of course you understand why he can't forgive you because you can't forgive yourself. You don't even believe God forgave you...if you did you'd shove off that shame. Jesus forgave you. Why can't you? Why can't Jack? "
10 " Oh Lord, that’s it, isn't it? That’s trust. I have to trust you even if he rapes me. You’ll be with me. You’ll help me through somehow. "