Jayber Crow

Jayber keeps his vow to Mattie, though he admits it is not an easy way to live. Love has caused him to do what some might find ridiculous, but he feels it is worth the cost. In this new phase of his life, Jayber has returned to faith and prayer. He sees now that love has led him his entire life. Jayber still has a lot of questions about God and faith, but he sees now there is no harm in asking them. Having doubts does not make him a faithless person. Having love in his heart does not mean there will not be pain. The world is still full of hellish things and hateful acts. Love is what is eternal, and the only reason love fails on earth is that it is expressed through imperfect humans. Jayber submits his life to the will of God and begins to pray again. He revisits some of his most distressing spiritual questions through new eyes and is comforted in the truth that God loves all people despite their faults. “I was more in the light than I had thought. And also, at night, of course, more in the dark. I had changed, and the sign of it was only that my own death now seemed to be by far the least important thing in my life” (268).