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God's Will
Terry was mad at her. She was mad at her. The whole world was mad at her. At least that's what she thought.
The morning had greeted her swollen face with sullen clouds hanging in the sky threatening rain.
“Janet, what's wrong? Are you feeling ill?” Mom asked when she came down to the kitchen still dressed in her robe.
“Mom, Terry and I had a fight last night.”
“What in the world would you two have a fight about? You're like Siamese twins.”
Just then her brother popped into the kitchen and she clammed up.
“Hey, sis, can I ask the new guy down the block to the wedding reception? I told him there was going to be a bunch of great food and stuff . . .” he trailed off as Janet burst into tears and ran upstairs to her bedroom.
“Randy, get the toast when it pops up and butter it. I'll get to the bottom of this.”
“Mom, I didn't mean to make her cry!”
Janet heard a light tapping on her door between sobs, “Come in.”
“Honey, what happened last night?” Mom asked as she handed her daughter a tissue.
“Momma, I don't know how to say this. Terry wanted to have sex and I wouldn't. I told him it wouldn't be right. We've waited all this time to do this the right way. He argued with me and said that two weeks wouldn't make a difference . . .Oh, mom, he doesn't love me anymore . . .what am I going to do? I love him with all my heart and soul. How could he do this to us?”
Jackie hugged Janet and petted her hair, letting her daughter sob on her shoulder as she prayed to God for the right words to tell her baby.
“Momma, he said he was hurting because of his desire for me. It was like it wasn't him. I can't even tell you the things he suggested to help him out.”
When Janet calmed down her Mom started talking quietly.
“Honey, Terry is a good Christian but he is also a man. I am certain he didn't try to force you but he's young, healthy, and in love with you. Sometimes a man can let his hormones take control of his sound thinking. Their bodies take over. I can guess at the things he said. You're old enough to know this, dad and I had a similar incident. He wanted me to give him oral sex and I wouldn't. I had to shove him away. Boy, was he mad. They reach a point of anticipation and they are ready to explode with desire. I am sure this was done in the heat of the moment. What I think we need to do is to get on our knees, right now, right this minute, and pray that the Lord will touch his heart and give him the courage and wisdom to do the right thing.”
Janet and Jackie slid off the bed clasping hands and commenced to pray for God's will. They turned everything over to the Lord.
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Randy was long gone when they went down to the kitchen and the toast was cold and the scrambled eggs were congealed on their plates. Smiling at each other they cleared the table. Janet poured two cups of coffee.
A knock came at the laundry room door; Jackie nodded at her daughter to answer it.
It was Terry, holding a spray of wildflowers. When Janet saw him a smile spread across her face and the sun broke through the clouds behind him. She threw open the door and rushed into his arms.
“I'm so sorry, baby, I don't know what got into me. I'll never do that again. You were right and I love you.”
“Terry, don't ever say never, we've got a date on our honeymoon night. I promise you won't ever have to do that again. I love you, I love you, I love you . . .”
Janet's mother smiled as she quietly closed the kitchen door and went upstairs with her coffee.
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