“I have a friend, a pastor, who applied with me and 419 other people for 25 seats on a special advisory board. Though I believed she was infinitely more qualified than me, she wasn't selected and I was. When I saw her at her church weeks later, I asked her how she felt about the decision. While disappointment, self-doubt and defeat would have been normal reactions to the Board's decision, my friend said she felt great. 'How come?' I asked. She said with a smile, 'I just figured God had something better in store for me.'”
![“[She] awkwardly grasped for an answer based upon going to church. The more she talked, the more she realized that she knew a lot about God, but she didn't have a personal relationship with Him.” quote by Dannah K. Gresh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/ec5/dannah-k-gresh-106007_personal-relationshi_she-awkwardly-grasped-for-an-answer-base_3018086.jpg)
