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A thought by Maria Goff (2017-03-07) from her book, Love Lives Here: Finding  What You Need in a World Telling You What You Want (Kindle Location 533). B&H Publishing Group. Kindle Edition. (Click on the title to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.) Have you found that true in your life?   Maria had a life filled with some trust issues but then she met, Bob her future husband.   Here she was, someone with trust problems and F their second date was to go rock climbing.   She said, “Rock climbing seemed a little ambitious for a second date. Typically, couples go to the park, see a movie, eat frozen yogurt, or watch a sunset. But this was Bob.” She says, “We strapped into our harnesses and Bob scampered away somewhere around the rocks. He said he was going on ahead to ‘top rope’ me. I wasn’t sure what that meant, but it sounded like it involved me climbing up to him. Fifteen minutes later, I could see Bob leaning over the ledge above me. He threw the rope down and one en

A thought by Maria Goff (2017-03-07) from her book, Love Lives Here: Finding  What You Need in a World Telling You What You Want (Kindle Location 451). B&H Publishing Group. Kindle Edition. (Click on the title to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.) That is true, isn’t it?   We would love to do all we can to keep it from happening but we can’t, can we? Maria says, “Rather than praying that I never experience loss again, my prayer has been that God would show me what’s possible on the other side of the loss. While we’re waiting to find out what God might have for us, we might be sad for a while but we’re not going to be stuck. We’re going to move forward. Love keeps us going and hope moves our feet.” She goes on, “I’m not much of a basketball player, but if I was, I wouldn’t let the fact that I had missed a shot keep me from taking the next one. Don’t let the fear about what you’ve lost keep you from risking and reaching in your life. Here’s the question I think God as

A thought by Maria Goff (2017-03-07) from her book, Love Lives Here: Finding  What You Need in a World Telling You What You Want (Kindle Location 382). B&H Publishing Group. Kindle Edition. (Click on the title to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.) Maria is telling here of a fire that destroyed their Lodge.   They live in San Diego but she says, “The Lodge is a place we built in Canada, which has become a place of rest for all of us. It isn’t the easiest destination to visit. In fact, it’s pretty difficult to get to. The only way in is by boat or seaplane. There are no roads or power lines or water lines for a hundred miles in the shortest direction and a thousand miles in the longest.” She continues, “Because we know what we had, what we lost, and what we want, we’ll start again. We’ll cut the logs, stack them high, and fill the new Lodge with new memories. We decided there’s not much we’d want to change this next time around. Maybe we’ll put in a couple fire sprink