I don't have a good conversion story Lord what I have is moments of intense
religious feeling then backsliding then embarrassed repentance I don't think
I'm alone in this but no one really wants to hear about it either You know
so let's talk about walking through the woods my wife's cousin shouting “We're not deer” so
the hunters won't shoot us by mistake and the color of the day is light salted
with fire a brisk autumn orange leaves so much of my life is me pretending
to work hard and missing cigarettes but not this day just trees and the sun on my
wife like the time I sold plasma and my lips went numb it all feels something like that
same as saying we are walking closer to You not that the woods are heaven or
even church just I'm sorry for drinking so much I woke up with IVs once and
thank You for letting me live to walk this path with my wife so far from the city
and my failure if I live my whole life and You never feel more real than these leaves
never feel closer than some noise in the woods even then yes even then You are