Love Always Trusts || A One Sentence Dialogue

Here is the next part of my one sentence dialogue series. I'm glad it only took me two months to get back to it this time. January 29'th marked one year since I started this series. Who knows how long it will take me to finish it. 

Want to know whats going on here, but forgot, or haven't read the rest yet? Here part one, two, three, and four.

Where to next?

The post office.

You haven’t received a letter in weeks.

That doesn’t mean there won’t be one today.

This girl has sent you on quite a ride.

That’s one way of putting it.

You’re only going to leave saddened.

I assume so.

Then why don’t you just stay home today?

Actually, I’d like to.

Then why don’t you?

I can’t.

Why not?

I have to trust she will write me.

Why in the world do you need to do that?

Love always trusts.

And what is love?

God is love.

Then why do you have to trust?

Because God lives inside of me, and I am His light.

That’s a lot of responsibility.

He helps me.

But trust has hurt you so much.

I know, but I must keep fighting for love.

Don’t you just want a break from the fight?

Every day.

Then why don’t you stop?

God didn’t stop fighting for us.

So?

How can I do less when He laid down His life for me?

It seems pretty easy to me.

Well, since He took away my debt of sins, I now owe Him a debt of love.

That crazy.

It does seem that way sometimes.

I’ll just take you to the post office now.

Thank you.

I just have one more question.

What?

Why do you continue?

Because when you owe a debt of love to the Master of the universe it is freeing.

That doesn’t make sense.

It would if you knew Him.

He makes you trust when it hurts?

He helps me to.

And you willingly follow Him?

With my whole heart.

Then I was right.

What?

You’re a fool.

Perhaps.

January Hightlights

Hello everyone! Happy February! Ready for my highlights? Here we go: 

I cut my hair. Not much, but it was my first one, so it was scary enough as it was. I'm enjoying my slightly shorter hair.

A statue in Alabama I belive. =) 

I was in Walmart, using my cart as a skateboard like any mature seventeen year old would, when random middle aged dude number one walked up to me. Now as this rarely happens, I was very unsure of what in the world this guy was doing. Then he just held up his hand and said "I just need to give you a high five for using the cart to skate like that. Anyone who can have that much fun in the grocery store deserves to be congratulated. Yes, this was a very fun experience.

The Mississippi. =) 

I had two cat try to adopt me. On two separate walks I just pet a cat, and it followed me. One of them followed me all the way home! I kinda wanted to keep that one, bu reluctantly sent it on its way home. 

The most awesome thing that happened this month was that I got to surprise one of my best friends for her birthday. What made this about twice as awesome as it would have been was that she lives in South Carolina, I live in Texas. My mom and oldest sister drove me three days to get there, and while Sarah was sick none the less. I did manage to keep it a secret the whole way there and the look on her face was priceless. One of us hit the car horn, but I'm not sure who. XD The picture above is of Jessica. Isn't she gorgeous?? Meeting up with her made me wish I could see all my friends again.

Charleston

While I was at Jessica's house, she and her awesome family took us around South Carolina. We got to see Charleston, Cowpens, Gaffney, and lots of little towns I do not remember. Above is the Gaffney water tower which I was told I could not leave town without seeing. ;D

Me and Jessica.

I got to meet Rachelle Rea Cobb!! She is a fantastic author and an awesome person. It was amazing!

While I was in South Carolina my dog disappeared for five days! Thankfully he came back right before we came home!

Cowpens

Around nine thirty at night one time my sister Rebekkah and I just randomly decided to play Twister. No reasoning there, we just felt like it. I got beat four times in a row. I am not very good at the game, but I had a ton of fun getting beaten. ;D

Total: 10

My favorite was At Every Turn by Anne Mateer. It was amazing!!

You Win Fifth out of Ten 

Encourage + Inspire Burning Youth 

Why Snail Mail Is The Best Totally Graced 

Pity Party's Are My Specialty Whimsical Thoughts

Beware Twilight to Dawn 

Drowning Chasing Moonlight

100 Things I'd Rather Be Holding Totally Graced

I Got My Book The Introverted Extrovert 

How was your January? 

The Dream Jar

Another dream is put in the jar 

The little girl who started it has come so far

She started off with light dreams about fun dares 

Slowly they have turned to heart felt prayers

Things she wants to do, things she wishes she had

Things that will be happy, and things she knows will be sad

Heart cry’s for things to change

Pleadings when things were strange

Hopes for things she knew could never come true

Prayers for friends and people she knew 

Once and awhile there would be a fanciful one 

But she would always regret it and say “why should this be done 

When there are so many hearts out there breaking

So many people whose faiths are shaking 

Things that I could help if only I would so something about it 

If only I would set my eyes on the greater things and never quit 

Because when I leave this world for good

I want to leave it the best I could”

So another dream is put in the jar 

Showing again that this girl had come far

Because she’s determined to make a difference in the lives around her 

And they’ll have the jar to show people what her dreams were 

The Snippets Tag

First off I would like to thank Savannah, because she said anyone could do this tag, so I believed her. ;D

- The Rules -

1. Include the graphic Madeline created or link to Madeline in the post 

2. Answer all the questions, however you want to. Creative interpretation is the key here! You can use the book you're currently working on to answer the questions, or other books you've started or have written. 

3. Tag 2-5 other bloggers 

1. Share your most gripping, fascinating, and hooking first line of a story. 

I stood in the crowded ballroom, surrounded by people, all of whom thought I was someone different than who I really was. 

-Masquerade 2014-

I'm not really great at writing opening lines. =P

2. Share a snippet that made you want to shout to the world that you're SO. HAPPY. 

“I love this show!” Travis smiled.  

“Ugh, I hate this show.” Nancy sneered at the screen. 

Both Travis and I leaned over to look at her with raised eyebrows. 

“How can one girl hate so much?” Travis said in disbelief. 

“I don’t know, she probably had a lot of practice with my cat.” 

“How can you learn hate from a cat?” 

“My cat hated everything … well, except tuna and my bed.” I said, shrugging. 

“Hey, Nancy, do you like tuna?” Travis asked, looking over at her.

“What?” She asked. 

“Never mind.” 

-Where Did the Super Glue Come From 2014-

3. Share a snippet that gives you a bit of insight into one of your most favorite characters ever. 

 “That’s just it.” I said, “There are so many people at stake here, more than me and Eric, or even the people at A.C.T. Every single person in this world has an impact on the people around them and people like Eric are just sending those around him to bad things. I know I’ve lived a life for God, even if I haven’t followed him perfectly, but I think I’ve made a difference. All those people at A.C.T. have a difference to make as well. They are saving lives every day. Maybe this will give people a chance to come to Christ and to bring others to him also. I don’t want to shirk my duty today if it means the countless life’s of the people who will be affected.” 

For a moment, I just stood, watching David process what I had said. I was scared to death, but I knew now this was what I was supposed to do. And who knew, maybe there would be a way out. 

“You certainly had an impact on me.” He said. 

“I’m glad. And I am so thankful for our friendship.” 

He smiled “I’ve got a feeling, Mandy, that God’s still got a lot planned for you.” 

“Selfishly, I hope so to.” 

-Just Your Ordinary Spy 2016-

Mandy is my favorite character I've ever written about and here, in book three I really feel like I get to her core.

4. Share a snippet that gets you beaming with pride and you're just like 'yep, I wrote that beauty'.  

That day Jackie actually did pretty well at improving her act. In fact, for two weeks she amazed her dad with how much she minded him. But, soon the memory of the heart mistress was not so fresh on her mind and she began to think of it as a weird dream. Soon, she fell back into all her old habits, and some new ones to. Each one distressing her dad, and each time she did something wrong, a tiny piece of the heart fell off. Seven months later there was only a tiny sliver left, and it had turned to a faded red. Jackie Groff’s heart was slowly blowing away to nothing, and she had chosen to ignore that fact. Instead, she went on her way, doing what she thought was making her happy, but deep down in was only inflicting her pain, making her heart grow smaller every time. 

-Heartless 2015-

Yeah, this may sound odd, but I really loved my style here.

5. Share a snippet of genius, deliciously witty dialogue between your characters. 

“Good, now let’s get back to that matter at hand.” I smiled.

“Cute pun.” 

“Stop goofing off.” 

“Why?” 

“Because I told you to.” 

“That’s no fun.” Travis pouted.

“All right, you can goof off again.” 

“Yeah!” 

“Just don’t yank my hand off, okay?  I don’t want to spend tonight in the hospital.” 

“You’re right, you might wrinkle your dress.” 

“And you might rumple your perfect hair. How much hair gel did you put in it this morning?” 

“Only a half-bottle. I wanted it to look nice all day long.” 

“Well it certainly looks stiff.”

“Kinda like Nancy?” 

“Cut it out, Travis.” 

-Where Did the Super Glue Come From 2014-

6. Share a snippet that leaves you breathless, in a cold sweat with action-induced intensity. 

The alarm still rung above in an annoying incessantly while Matt started to pick the lock. Now it was my turn to watch my clock as I watched him twist and turn a little tool in the door knob. 

Suddenly the alarm stopped. I stood still for a moment as it caught me off guard.  If I had thought it felt tense before with the alarms ringing, it was nothing to what I felt now. The whole building felt deathly silent. My own heartbeat rang in my ears and I wished I could get rid of its ever present noise. Even the turning of Matt’s tool in the lock seemed to make too much noise. Suddenly he pulled it out and slowly turned the knob, opening the door while making as little noise as possible.

-Just Your Ordinary Messenger 2016-

7. Share a snippet of a most interesting first meeting between your characters. 

“I wonder if there are people who really act like that?” I said as a commercial came on.

“Most likely.” I turned and looked at the guy who now had an outstretched hand. “Hi, I have no clue who I am.” 

I laughed as I took his hand. “Good, because I don’t know who I am ether.”

“I see we’re in here for the same reason.” He chuckled “It does seem odd not to know what to call each other.”

-Am I Forgetting Something 2014-

Consider yourself tagged, if you'd like!

Part ll of Encuragment From Job

Here is part two: 

33:12-18

For God is greater than any human being. So why are you bringing a charge against him? Why say he does not respond to people’s complaints? For God speaks again and again, though people do not recognize it. He speaks in dreams, in visions of the night, when deep sleep falls on people as they lie in their beds. He whispers in their ears and terrifies them with warnings. He makes them turn from doing wrong; he keeps them from pride. He protects them from the grave, from crossing over the river of death.

33:26

When he prays to God, he will be accepted. And God will receive him with joy. 

37:23

We cannot imagine the power of the Almighty

42:2
. I know that you can do anything, and no one can stop you.

(I also like it how the NIV puts it.)

I know that you can do all things; no purpose of yours can be thwarted.