“If friendship never changed us—if growth in grace was just a myth—then all would enter Paradise one day as dying thieves, and not as happy givers. So let us not delimit love to only that which rescues us. The grace that saves us in extremity prefers to fit us for eternity. If we will give Christ time, then He will give us joy. Abundant life—full, free, and yes, forever—is what our Jesus promises. So stay in grace.”