Book excerpt: Reassurance that the Stars–and God’s Love–Will Always Shine One evening after bedtime, young Sam decides that God is like the stars twinkling outside his bedroom window–happy, bright, and bathing him with light. The next day, after his beloved stuffed bear disappears, Sam asks God to help him find his favorite friend. When the cuddly bear doesn’t show up, however, Sam decides that God is gone and cannot hear his prayers. But Sam is about to learn a very important lesson of how God is always with us and never leaves us–even in the times when we feel the most alone.