Today at church, I had a very distinct awareness of how good it is to be with the family of God. This came during singing and worship, and as I gazed around the church, I was suddenly filled with a sense of familial connection with the strangers around me. To quote someone famous: I saw that it was good.

I also decided that the most beautiful women on the planet are believers. And the quick thought that followed on the heels of that awareness was a vision of Meg as a believer. It was quite moving for me, and that vision will stir me on to pray that God would draw her to himself, a prayer that I would hope every reader of my blog would send up the flagpole when they read this. I have never had a more burning desire for a prayer to be fulfilled than this.

I'd be kidding myself if I weren't to admit that there was some part of me that still clings tenaciously to a glimmer of hope that somehow in the benevolence of God's grace there would still be a chance for Meg and me. But that hope is quite tenuous, and I really don't believe it will happen, so I must move on. Regardless, the love that I have for Meg will spur me on towards praying and hoping for the best in her life: that she would be overwhelmed by the love of Christ, and that she be pursued by the Hound of Heaven with a fierce and loving tenacity that cannot be ignored.

Please God, may it be so!

Please pray for her.