Sunbeams and stories

Some books snap open neatly revealing their double page spread in a moment.

Other books crack open slowly, the understandings they bring spreading like sunbeams from the curve beyond.

Knowing that God was infinitely more interested in our holiness than our happiness was a revelatory snap of a moment. Seeing that He does in fact desire our happiness, but in infinitely deeper ways than the first layer so temporary – has been like spreading sunbeams.