because the past was always around her and might return at any time. It prowled the world searching for her, and she knew it was growing angrier at every passing day.

But like a gambler at a slot machine, hoping the next spin would change her life for the better, she closed in before she lost her nerve. Taking his hand, she pulled him toward her, near enough to feel his body against her. She looked up at him, tilting her head slightly as she leaned in. Mike, recognizing what was happening but still having trouble believing it, tilted his head and closed his eyes, their faces drawing near.

Two cannibals were eating a comedian, and one of them turns to the other and asks, 'Does this taste funny to you?

I love you, not just for now, but for always, and I dream of the day that you’ll take me in your arms again.

When I look in the mirror, I know I’m looking at someone who isn’t sure she deserves to be loved at all.

A good marriage, like any partnership, meant subordinating one's own needs to that of the other's, in the expectation that the other will do the same.

But when the Holy Spirit controls our lives, he will produce this kind of fruit in us: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Galatians 5:22