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Inspiring love stories.....I just have to share..... - 10/12/2008 1:50:37 PM
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Prairiehiker
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I hope this will lift people's spirit as much as it did mine.
I went to a different church today. It's a church about 2 blocks from where I live. I have to admit, though I felt comfortable with the small church feel of it, I felt somewhat ambivalent. I go to a huge church, where everyone looks so together, and every one is so current, and the programs, music, messages seems so relevant to the crowd that normally goes. Well, that's not really my point...I guess I'm just saying that it's different from what I"m used to.
Anyway, I sat with an old lady who is just the sweetest thing. The message was so good (wow, God led me to a verse that brought so much peace to my soul in an area of struggle...it's a confirmation of faith). LOL, I should get to the point I want to share.
When the last song was being sung, there was a lady with Down Syndrome that started walking so slowly to the front. In the front row, a man was sitting there and he appeared to have Down Syndrome as well. They appeared to be both in their 30s. The lady took the man's hand and walked very slowly to the front and, while holding hand, offered their praises to God. This isn't' done there normally, from what I observed because people started looking at each other. As the last prayer was being said, the two just held hands, with the other hands lifted up. When the prayers were done, they hugged each other for seemingly forever. Everyone just looked. Then, the two walked towards the end of the auditorium, still holding hands, and when they reached the end, they just looked at each other and hugged again.
It turned out that the lady I was sitting beside was her mother, and the other's mom was sitting behind us. As soon as the service was over, the two ladies were so happy at what just happened. These two kids had never done that before; they've never shown any affection in all the years that they've been friends. I sat and listened to the two mothers being so happy for their kids, and they started thinking of the "what ifs"..like what if the two end up getting married, or the two having children. Clearly, the two mothers were just astonished and overjoyed....they laughed the whole time. I was just truly blessed by the hopes that two mothers suddenly have for their children. And I admit, I cried while watching all of these unfold.
Wow, though I probably won't be coming to that church (well, maybe I will when it's raining and don't feel like driving to get to my church, LOL), that little glimpsed of God's works in our lives, the hopes that I saw, the assurance I received from God through the pastor's message (it's in Ephesians) was what I needed to see today.
I just had to share. And I'm thankful for that post earlier on that somewhat encouraged me to go to a different church.
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RE: I just have to share..... - 10/12/2008 3:04:52 PM
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mutinywxgirl
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RE: I just have to share..... - 10/12/2008 3:33:42 PM
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mutinywxgirl
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Well, then that would be much like the "thankful to God" thread. But, if we can come up with a way to make it different, that'd be fine.
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RE: I just have to share..... - 10/12/2008 3:42:00 PM
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DrivenbyGod
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Well, then that would be much like the "thankful to God" thread. But, if we can come up with a way to make it different, that'd be fine.
How about... How did God speak to you today or this week?... as a single? I think adding the single comment, sounds kinda goofy though.
Maybe you can put a better spin on it?
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RE: I just have to share..... - 10/12/2008 3:50:29 PM
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mutinywxgirl
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We need to ask PH - since she started the thread. 
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RE: I just have to share..... - 10/12/2008 4:56:28 PM
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Prairiehiker
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How about "how God touched our hearts in an unexpected way today".
I have a feeling that the lady who walked to the guy had always been "in love" with the guy. She was so well dressed....like she's been planning a big event. She was wearing this red velvet dress, with her hair all done up and wearing make up. The guy, well, he was just a regular guy, lol. I guess God gave her enough courage to go up to him and offer her hand, which he graciously accepted. There was definitely a lot of love in that auditorium tonight, lol. And no, when I asked her mom if the kids were dating, she said no, they've always been just friends.
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RE: I just have to share..... - 10/12/2008 9:45:43 PM
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I like that - make it "singles" related (otherwise it belongs in General Faith).
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We were free and made alive.
The day true love died. The day true love died.
Lisa is happy THE ROWDIES ARE BACK!
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RE: I just have to share..... - 10/12/2008 9:53:49 PM
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Oh, goodness, there is a perfectly easy way to make this a singles topic..we can make it about how the disabled want to find a mate too, just like the rest of us.
Beautiful story, btw, prairie hiker.
Did you know that many mentally disabled people do marry(normally to each other-they normally decide not to have children, though)? And their divorce rate, statistically is actually LOWER than it is for "normal" people.
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RE: I just have to share..... - 10/12/2008 10:04:11 PM
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How about inspiring love stories for singles. How's that?
I have a few of them....like the really really old couple, maybe only slightly younger than Adam and Eve that were on a tandem bike ride, or the old couple that i know that still flirts with a sexual overtone and they've been married for over 55 years. How about that?
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RE: I just have to share..... - 10/12/2008 10:05:18 PM
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Cool! That works!!!
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When blood and water hit the ground.
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We were free and made alive.
The day true love died. The day true love died.
Lisa is happy THE ROWDIES ARE BACK!
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RE: I just have to share..... - 11/6/2008 8:27:18 AM
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Gracie, I forgot about this thread. I'll come back later about the old couple riding on a tandem bike ride around the Vancouver Seawall. Or the other ones. My parents have also been married for 63 years. I'll post how their story started. It was beautiful. It took place during WW11.
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RE: I just have to share..... - 11/6/2008 9:39:38 AM
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My mom and dad knew each other for less than 6 weeks when they were married. I thought that was the craziest thing I ever heard ... but it is a cute story.
They met briefly at a wedding of a mutual friend. Mom didn't think anything of it ... in fact forgot about it. She worked at the local store and my dad would come to her stand everyday to buy cigarettes. She just thought he was another customer.
One day he called her and asked, "Why don't you like me anyways?"
Surprised by the question, she stated, "But I don't even know you!"
He said, "I buy cigarettes from you every day and you don't talk to me."
Her response, "But I can't flirt with a customer!"
She had a friend who knew dad. Her friend encouraged her to go out with him because he was a really nice guy. So she did.
Their first date, dad didn't want her to know he was blind as a bat, so he didn't wear his glasses. He ran into a truck full of chickens! ... chickens all over the road.  (At this point in the story, I asked her .. "and you went out with him again?!" She told me, "Karen, we just knew ... there was no doubt.")
Two weeks later they were having dinner. Dad said to her (apparently he was too afraid to ask ) "pick a day out of the next month for us to get married, or it 's off." (My dad was actually very shy and I think he was afraid she would say no so he took command.) Startled ... she picked the last Saturday of the month ... 40 years later, as I watched my dad die of cancer, my heart was breaking for me, but so much more for my mom ... it was so hard to watch her loose the love of her life.
Part of the reason was they "knew" was they were both ready to make a commitment. That readiness is so important, because there will be days when you wake up and wonder as you look at your spouse, "What in the world was I thinking?" But because of that commitment to see through the bad times, the good times are so much sweeter ... and as you grow old together you will find that you cannot imagine a life without the one you chose to share it with. My mom and dad were incredibly in love, right up to the end ... because they knew that when they said "I do" it meant forever. It was the readiness to commit for both of them that was the key to "just knowing."
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RE: I just have to share..... - 11/6/2008 9:57:35 AM
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My parents first met when they were in their twenties. Dad thought Mom was beautiful, however she was engaged to someone else at the time. She got married and then Dad met someone and got married. Both went through painful divorces and met again a few years later. This time, Dad seized the opportunity to invite her out for a cup of coffee after church that night. Mom, who doesn't even like coffee, agreed and as they say, the rest is history. Dad told her that night that they would be married and by the second date she agreed with him! They lived 200 miles apart and could only see each other on the weekends, but they wrote letters nearly every day and were married three months later. Mom moved to Dad's tiny hometown having never seen it and they have been happily married for 38 years. They will tell anyone that they are even more in love now than when they were first married!
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