A good friend of mine got married this weekend. Saturday.
Thinking of some of the difficulties she's been through, I'm really amazed by the amount of progress and healing she's seen over the last few years. I remember having to talk her through stuff that many people don't ever get over. And now, having seen her standing there with her new husband, both of them looking so happy that they were practically incandescant, I feel... an odd sort of happiness.
I first met the guy shortly after the two of them began dating. Even on that first meeting, I could tell that he was a perfect match for her. (No, I'm not just saying that now that it's happened. As far as I can recall, I've just known things about people. It's always been reliable, too.) He's a good man, and I believe that he's been a good influence for her. (Also, I personally quite like him. I suppose you could say that I approve of the match.)
I've known her for a few years, and when I first met her she had been going through some "less than pleasant" times. I found myself acting as sort of a father figure - staying up too late comforting her, teaching her stuff, prophesying in a parking lot, communicating the healing of God, and basically doing that sort of stuff - and I somehow came to regard her almost as a daughter.
I've gotten to see her regain her joy and confidence, I've seen her heart healed of great wounds, and now she's got a husband who makes her so happy she glows. Yet, though I don't regret or begrudge so much as an instant of the time I've spent with her, for all that I love her the thought still crossed my mind, "from this day forward, she's all his problem."
So a good friend of mine got married Saturday.
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So a good friend of mine got married Saturday.
The cake used to be a lie like you, but then it took a portal to the deception core.
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Kaligraphic - Posts: 2002
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^__^ It's good to see someone you care about have a storybook ending, doesn't it?
Thanks for sharing this.
Thanks for sharing this.
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dragonshimmer - Posts: 1422
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Thats fantastic Kaligraphic! Marriage is such a wonderful institution.
Isnt it great the way God makes some people just for eachother. Its like seeing a puzzle that was finnally completed. ^_^
-kaji
Isnt it great the way God makes some people just for eachother. Its like seeing a puzzle that was finnally completed. ^_^
-kaji
Depend on it. God's work done in God's way will never lack God's supply. He is too wise a God to frustrate His purposes for lack of funds, and He can just as easily supply them ahead of time as afterwards, and He much prefers doing so.
- J. Hudson Taylor
- J. Hudson Taylor
[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]I remember that one fateful day when Coach took me aside. I knew what was coming. "You don't have to tell me," I said. "I'm off the team, aren't I?" "Well," said Coach, "you never were really ON the team. You made that uniform you're wearing out of rags and towels, and your helmet is a toy space helmet. You show up at practice and then either steal the ball and make us chase you to get it back, or you try to tackle people at inappropriate times." It was all true what he was saying. And yet, I thought something is brewing inside the head of this Coach. He sees something in me, some kind of raw talent that he can mold. But that's when I felt the handcuffs go on.
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kaji - Posts: 1281
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I'm happy for her, too, and you as well.
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I've got a friend in a similar situation; she just got engaged to a guy (but she's only known him for a couple months). She has serious issues to deal with before she gets married... I hope her story has a happy ending too.
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