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Are You Sure
“Are you sure?” He softly whispered. “You can turn back now, but once you do this, there is no turning back”
Looking at him through bleary, tear streaked eyes; all she could do was shake her head in acknowledgement that she understood and was in agreement. Her heart beat rapidly, her pulse sky rocketed, and every fiber in her body tingling, alive, waiting in want, need, expectation. Once she cohabited and finalized this act, she knew that she would belong to Him forever, that she would always be His. But, she knew beyond a shadow of a doubt that this is what she desired, what she yearned and ached for, what she needed.
This decision had not been made in haste. She had contemplated it for many weeks, mulling it over in her mind, anticipating this big, momentous moment. She knew the risks, the odds; yet, she was ready to face any and all consequences of her actions. She was knowledgeable, having read, studied diligently, and weighing everything in her mind; now she was prepared to go through with the final act.
That morning, she took special care in getting ready for this special and possibly most important event of her life. She bathed languidly in an old clawed-foot tub filled to the brim with hot, scalding perfumed bubbles. She scrubbed her body vigorously, almost peeling off the top layer of her skin. She washed her hair with the best sweet smelling perfume shampoo she could find on the market, conditioned it with the finest conditioner. She carefully applied her make-up, fixed her hair and donned new clothing.
Nervously she silently chuckled to herself as she thought about how swift it would be. How the act itself would take such a diminutive time, and yet she was spending hours planning, envisaging it, and preparing for it. Her new clothes would get disarrayed, her carefully styled hair messed up and her conscientiously and meticulously applied make-up ruined in a matter of seconds.
Again, he asked “Are you sure?’
Again she nodded her head in assertion.
He loved her, was so proud of her at this moment, he thought his heart would burst with joy.
With trembling, loving hands, he reached out, taking hers in his and began to lead her down the aisle of no return.
Her father, a pastor of a small church then proceeded to baptize his only daughter-in the name of the Father, the Son and Holy Spirit.
Kathleen Ann Shelton
Sorry-but I just had to illustrate that things may not always be as they seem on the surface, Sometimes we have to dig a little deeper to get to the truth of a matter or situation.
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This is so beautiful, I'm so glad I ran across it. I hope you continue to write for him, we miss your work. You are a beautiful writer, His words speak through you, from everlasting to everlasting, May God protect you and grant you glory.
Okay... now I KNOW that God is up to something. I've not read more than 2 or 3 articles in the last week. I've been too busy. For some reason, I knew I had to read this one AND I knew it was going to minister to me. And this situation... well, let's just say that it looks one way one day and another way the next, and then the other way the next... flip-flop. And I just don't know what the deal is and have almost given up on it altogether. Perhaps, just perhaps, it is going to surprise me altogether and I ought to just keep digging... looking beneath the surface. Our God is an awesome, on-time God. Thank you, for I know it took a lot of obedience and trust to post such an article. Treava
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