Some of our stories describe abandonment, betrayal, and ambivalence. We experience these losses and assaults as orphans, strangers, and widows. Should it surprise us then, that God wants to make himself known as the Father who protects the orphans, as the Brother who encourages the stranger, and as the Lover who cherishes the widow? The Triune God who is One wants to redeem our story and restore with his love what our story took from us.
— Dan Allender, To Be Told, quoted in Sharon A. Hersh, The Last Addiction
