Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
—1 Thessalonians 5:18 NIV
—1 Thessalonians 5:18 NIV
The sun was already low in the sky when my cousin,
Debbie, and I set out for our after-work walk on the farm where we grew up.
With an eight-year gap in our ages, we didn’t experience childhood as
playmates. But for this season in our lives, we are close companions. With both
of us being single, it has been nice to have someone to recount the ups and
downs of the day with—nicer still to hear her childhood stories and memories of
our beloved grandparents.
Both of us are on a quest to slim down, so we walk briskly
to shed the pounds, but on this evening I think our pace was more about
outlasting the sinking sun. Quickly, we passed the cow pasture, and then paused
at the electric fence obstructing our passage to the bay. What now?
