Unfollow by Megan Phelps-Roper

Author:Megan Phelps-Roper
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux

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In C.G.’s absence, I threw myself back into the work of the church and found an even greater sense of my place within the body. By visceral instinct more than conscious deliberation, I understood that no force silences doubt as effectively as zeal—a passionate clinging to familiar and reliable truths that quiets dissonance and snuffs out uncertainty in an avalanche of action. I was eager to be useful to fellow church members in every way that I could, and my obedience was rewarded with a deluge of tenderness from my loved ones. My twenty-sixth birthday arrived in January with a “text bomb”—the coordinated arrival of dozens of messages from church members, all popping up on my screen at once. My mother had implemented the practice for Westboro birthdays a few years earlier, but the outpouring of love was overwhelming this time.

The message from my dear friend and cousin Jael began: “Dear MegHeart, I have never known a better friend than you.”

From my beloved Gran: “Dear little Meg, you have always been a sweet, precious child; & for many years, a faithful & loving servant to our Lord! Gramps & I love you very much! Happy Birthday! You are GREATLY blessed!” She was eighty-six, but had learned to use emojis on her iPhone, her message sprinkled with happy faces and flowers and musical notes.

My mother wrote the story of my life in a series of tweets, which I copied into a Field Notes, fixing her typos as I always did:

Twenty-six years ago, God loaned us a baby girl. She’s comforted us always. We had great hopes for her and called upon the Lord for wisdom to teach her.

Her dad and I had only ONE hope for her: That she would have a tender heart from God, toward Him and His word, and that she would serve His people!

God moved us to sanctify her in her comings and goings, and to teach her line upon line and precept upon precept all of His counsel and ways.

Our little @MeganPhelps has evidence of grace from God and loving kindness, showing a work of God upon her heart, causing obedience to God.

One more tweet on the early days of @MeganPhelps on her God-appointed path: The HUGE happy personality is still with us!

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