“So I’m not surprised at all that you said yes to my son.”
Janice handed Sarah her cup of tea.
Sarah gave her a huge smile.
“Tita, grabe lang.. it’s as if everything is not for me. Like I do not deserve anything at all…”
Janice sat next to her as they enjoy the scenerie outside the Anderson’s house at Tagaytay.
They were sitting on the veranda while sipping cups of tea.
“That’s the thing with God. He gives His love freely even to those who aren’t deserving.. and just so you know…” she looked at Sarah straight in the eyes
“No one is deserving.”
Sarah nodded in approval, her eyes welling with tears.
“I just can’t believe how good He is. He didn’t stop with salvation, I mean it’s too much for us. Salvation was something we never earned nor we rightfully deserve in any way but He gave it.. like He owes it to us. He could have abandoned us after that, like, ‘okay saved na kayo bahala na kayo sa buhay niyo, see you in heaven’ but no…”
Sarah’s tears fell freely
“He is so good, He went beyond saving us from death and extended a hand to plan our life out for us.”
Janic e was amazed at her reflections
Truly, it was God’s spirit that spoke through her
She wiped Sarah’s tears
“That’s what He meant in Jeremiah 29:11”
Sarah half-laughing and crying agreed
“Yes, and that’s Ge’s favorite verse.”
“I know!”
They both laughed…
Little did they know that Gerald was watching them from the window.
He was inside the house with his dad.
There outside their house, are the two women he loved very much
Janice , the woman who took care of him eversince and saw the worst in him but loved him anyway and Sarah – the girl he never imagined to love this much
“Ahem!”
He heard his father clear his throat
He looked at him and was surprised that he was also looking at the ladies outside
“Son, your priority as her fiancee is to take care of her chastity.”
He looked straight in my eyes
“She’ll be a mother someday. Let her be a model in her children’s eyes.”
That thought moved me.
Sarah having children someday.. My children to be exact..
Yes, my dad’s right
She should be someone they could look up on
I’d like that …
I’d like to restrain myself until she’s officially my wife
“Dad…” I looked up to my father
“Thank you so much… for protecting mom.. for helping her to be the model she is in my eyes now.”
He tapped my back
“Son, it was, it is and it will always be only through His grace that I was able to do that.”
He closed the curtains
“The goal is not to protect her, the goal is to give honor to Him.”
I smiled.
Yes. All for His glory.
This is not MY story
This is not HER story
This is not OUR love story
But
It is HIS STORY…
The STORY of His power
His grace
His love
… that even if we were two lost and sinful people, He gave us hope and gave us a second chance.
That’s how He is … a wonderful God..
I can’t imagine how and why.. that while He holds the universe in His one hand, He holds me in the other?
“Anak, don’t worry. Your mom and I are here and we will be held accountable for your actions. The enemy will surely give you lots of temptations but just remember that God will always provide a way out. And by God’s grace, you will get married purely”
My father assured
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HALUUu! Namiss ko po kayong lahat
:)
ahehehehe ang ikli noh? may kasunod pa to I just decided to put them in different chapters hahaahaha!
Intay lang ng konti I'll work on it as fast as I can..
Vote-vote din pag may time hahahaha!
para ganahan ako charing!
hihihi!
hindi po mag a update po ako uli this week.. :)
