It was a stupid plan and I berated myself for suggesting it. However -- this you must understand -- When the Unseen Hand leads you in its grasp, you follow. Or turn back and live in eternal regret. Of course, there is no certainty in following either. That is what makes faith. Follow or turn back -- there is no middle ground.
That night I chose to follow. It was my decision; I chose freely. And I bear responsibility for the consequences. That is the price of freedom.
Oh, but I felt alive that tempest-tossed night with the rumble of waves and thunder in my ears, the sting of salt in my eyes, and the smell of moss and wet rock in my nostrils. And that warm, trusting girl by my side. I was alive, and I gloried in the living.
-from 'Merlin' by Stephen R. Lawhead
~RM
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