Another Meeting...

Today I met with my Pastor again. He felt that I was doing ok, and told me how he had been praying about my girlfriend and I. He listened, encouraged me, and offered support. He also said how special my girlfriend is, because she left Hinduism for Christ, was rejected and basically disowned by her parents (although the relationship is much better now), and was beat up by her former pastor, and now by my parents. Isn't that rough for someone to take? Yet my pastor said that it was amazing that she was still around. When she left her parents home, because they would interfere with her reading the Bible and going to church (they still do); she had nothing--she lived by faith. God provided her needs on a daily basis. My pastor sees what I see, that she is a wonderful girl and a treasure, and that I will truly be blessed with her in my life. He also mentioned her inner beauty (and mentioned her outer beauty as well!).

One thing I mentioned at my girlfriends request, was that on my mom's birthday, my girlfriend wanted to send her a small gift. This was done in the hope that the relationship would be repaired. So she wrote a nice card, and then she took an article that my mother had given her and framed it and mailed it to my mom, along with the card. The article was one in a major Christian magazine about my mother, and how she was living a life in Christ. My mom got the gift, took out the article, and sent the frame back without the card. My girlfriend was crushed, understanably. When I told my pastor this story, he immediately said, Tell your girlfriend that I love her, tell her she is so special and that she is loved. He never condemned my mom's reaction or even mentioned it, he simply expressed love. Now that is from God....

Ye shall know them by their fruit (Matthew 7:20)