Magnolia

“I was just thinking . . . . Well, I should be so happy to be here. Here on this journey with you, all that. But I am also wondering how I ever made it here.”

“What do you mean?”

“I am just thinking perhaps I don’t deserve to be here. I look back over my life, and, well . . . I guess I could have been a better person. After Jill died, I rarely went to church, and, to be totally honest, much of my bitterness grew from being mad at God.”

Micah nods. “I understand, Lou. This may surprise you, but no one deserves to be here. Consider it a gift from God.”

“Why would God give me such a gift? I ignored him most of my life. I was selfish. I wasn’t too generous, and I did a lot of bad things.”