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Excerpt From Day-Day:

   “I know I fall short, Mike,” I finally said.  “I know that I’m not without sin...that I’m not perfect...”
   I glanced up at him, trying to decide whether or not to go on.  His face looked so understanding that I decided I would.
   “But I think I’m a pretty good guy...you know?”
   “I do too,” Mike nodded.
   “I mean, I’m not talking about the fact that I’ve been living in Mexico and that Laci and I have given every moment we have to helping those kids...or about how I would move into the landfill if God told me to do that for some reason...”
   I paused for a moment.
   “I’m talking about how I try to put Him first in everything and how I know that my relationship with Him is the most important thing and I just think...I think that I do a pretty good job with that, you know, considering everything...”
   Mike nodded again.
   “And I don’t have some misguided notion that I’m going to be spared any problems just because of my relationship with God...I know that’s not how it works, but...”
   I knew in my head that God would never leave me or forsake me, but I didn’t know it in my heart.
   I knew He was still there, but I didn’t feel that He was still there.
   I’d prayed and prayed about it and asked Him to please show me that He still loved me.
   Nothing but silence.
   And every day I was growing more and more discouraged.

     “It’s not just about waiting until you get married. You have to keep your spirit pure and your thoughts pure. That’s something you’re going to have to do for your entire life.”

     Did I just say that?

     “It doesn’t all end just because you get married...it’s a different kind of battle, but it’s still a battle.”

     Man, I sounded just like Laci. I hated it when that happened.

     Jordan was quiet for a few moments.

     “I think I’m going to take that pledge this afternoon,” Jordan finally said.

     “Really?”

     “Uh-huh.”

     “You don’t have to just because of what I said...”

     That’s real good, David. Why don’t you try to talk him out of it?

     “No,” he said. “I think it’s what God wants me to do. I’ve really, really been trying to do what God wants me to do...you know what I mean?”

     “Yeah. I know what you mean.”

     “Thanks for talking to me. Tanner doesn’t ever talk to me like you do. Thanks.”

     “No problem.”

     It was quiet for a moment until he finally spoke again.

     “Sometimes I worry about Tanner,” he said. “You know what I mean?”

     “Yeah,” I said again. “I know what you mean.”