Michael Malone - Weebly

He had been ten.
We have followed too much the devices and
desires of our own hearts, the rector told the four
people in the pews, who would agree that they had
followed their desires, but add that they had never
caught up with them. We have left undone those
things which we ought to have done and we have
done those things which we ought not to have done.
Jonathan pinched his arms. How could he have
been so careful in high school to shun the unlucky ones,
the unhandsome, the ungifted and uneasy, all those
whom no one else had liked? He had been sixteen.
He pardoneth and absolveth all those who truly
repent, said the rector, nodding reassuringly.
Jonathan winced and prayed, I will be kind. I will
not envy my classmates who got assigned to rich,
alluring cities. I will not be impatient with Father
Highwick. I will go back to Miss Dingley's and try again
to help her. I will be careful, I will care. I will not waste
my time. I will not waste Your time, Lord, in trying to
make Walter Saar like me.
Let us heartily rejoice in the strength of our