thing? I love saying this! God’s best and most precious gift to us between the already and the not yet is the gift of himself. He doesn’t promise a life free from struggle. He doesn’t promise us that we will not suffer. He doesn’t promise that our sexuality will be free from distortion and temptation. No, he promises us that in all these situations he will be with us, in us, and for us. God is the grace he offers us. In fact, this passage carries with it one of the most powerful and concise definitions