Already There

Jake sat on the tailgate of Logan’s truck, staring out over the field. The last of the evening light stretched long across the grass, turning the sky soft shades of orange and blue.

Logan stood nearby, tightening the straps on the cooler, slow and steady.

“You ever think about how weird this is?” Jake asked.

Logan glanced over. “What’s weird?”

Jake exhaled, rubbing the back of his neck. “This. Us. The way we just… I don’t know, fit.”

Logan raised an eyebrow. “Something wrong with fitting?”

Jake huffed. “No. Just feels like—” He shook his head. “I don’t know. Like I didn’t sign up for this, but somehow, here we are.”

Logan chuckled, shutting the cooler with a firm thunk. “That’s ‘cause you didn’t sign up for it.”

Jake frowned. “What do you mean?”

Logan leaned against the truck, arms crossed. “You think David and Jonathan planned to be brothers like that? Think they sat down, drafted up an agreement, made it official?”

Jake smirked. “I mean, technically, Jonathan did make a covenant with David.”

Logan nodded. “Yeah. But only ‘cause he recognized what was already there. He didn’t create it. He just stepped into what God had already done.”

Jake was quiet for a second, letting that settle.

Logan kept going. “A lot of men walk around thinking they’ve gotta build something like this from scratch. That if they want deep brotherhood, they’ve gotta go find it, make it happen.” He shook his head. “But covenant’s not something we manufacture. It’s something God writes into the grain—and we either step into it or we don’t.”

Jake exhaled. “So you’re saying this—” he gestured between them—“was always gonna happen?”

Logan shrugged. “I’m saying it was always possible. But you had to have the eyes to see it. Had to have the courage to say yes to it.”

Jake picked at the edge of the truck bed, thoughtful. “So… I’m already in this, huh?”

Logan smirked. “Been in it, brother. Took you long enough to notice.”

Jake chuckled, shaking his head.

The field stretched quiet around them. No need for more words.

Some things don’t have to be built.

They just have to be seen.