Sometimes it doesn't seem like it,

but:

Forbidden fruit a flavor has
That lawful orchards mocks;
How luscious lies the pea within
The pod that duty locks!

~ Emily Dickinson

 

Since I can remember I've had a secret affection and desire for the bad boy, for forbidden fruit. It wasn't until I read Redeeming Love that I really truly wanted a man of God. Because until then, I had never seen such a good, 'luscious' as Miss Dickinson said, portrait of one. By the way, yes, this book is a Christian romance novel, but it is so much more. It has touched every person I know who has read it in remarkable ways (and it is certainly not just women.)