“The biggest mistake we make is trying to keep God tidy…. He doesn’t mind a mess. He finds messiness beautiful.”
As someone who was raised in the Catholic Church, I grew up learning the message. However, as I grew as an individual, the message from the church didn’t seem to make sense to me in the ways they were delivering it. Coming out as a teenager, the word of the church start to haunt you. You won’t go to heaven. You’re a sinner. You’re going to hell. You start to worry about your place in the world and second guess yourself. Your family is ashamed. Maybe not your immediate family, but your extended family. God made me, so if this is how I am, did He do it wrong or does He not exist?
This is definitely a different kind of YA romance from Erin Hahn. This is the story of how Meg meets Micah, but it’s also the story of how Meg solidifies her relationship with Jesus and the Church, and how Micah works through trauma and personal growth.I loved this story. I think it has such poignant and quotable lines that will make me think and rethink over and over again for years to come. I don’t think you should ever take a message at face value. We were given these beautiful brains of ours to use, to think, puzzle, question, research, not just accept something told to us. We need to think for ourselves. I also like the idea of “take what you need, and leave the rest” mentality. If you need faith and a higher power, take it! Don’t want to worry about the dress code? Leave that behind. Ultimately your relationship with a higher power is yours and yours alone, and no one can take that from you.
