August 13 12:30 a.m. Tears flooded my face finally. I hadn’t been able to sleep.
“Why are you doing this to me?” I cried hard to God.
Peter and I spent the whole summer talking and going out. He knew everyone in my life.
August 8: Peter and I celebrated my 21st birthday with my youth kids. (All the people I love the most were there including Peter)
August 12 8:00 p.m. My youth kids and I finished prayer meeting. I called Peter; I saw that he tried to call. He broke my heart leaving me for another girl.
August 13 6:00 p.m. I had dinner with my dad; I desperately wanted my best friend, Kristen’s company. Dad teased me saying “Who was that your booooyfriend?” My hurt grew more.
9:00 p.m. Kristen is comforting me as I cried. Peter called; we talked quietly.
August 15: I spent the day with my youth pastor and her husband. God convicted me to forgive Peter. Dave and Elaine helped to write a letter to tell Peter I forgive him.
Forgiveness was my weakness. I once held anger against my father for one year; we didn’t talk that year. I had dated, but been hurt; this guy had left without telling me. Since then, I decided to wait on God’s timing. “Peter walking into my life is God’s timing.” I thought. This made it harder.
Three Months Later
November 15 7:00 p.m. Peter and I had dinner with Dave and Elaine. They ask why he did everything. “God told me to.” Peter replied. “God told you to hurt me?” I thought angrily.
November 16 11:00 a.m. I understood God’s plan. Peter needed to help this girl come to God. I needed to learn to forgive, put my trust in God, and live my life completely for God before loving another. God’s love and peace quickly helped to comfort me to let it go.
The Point: Relying on another person for your happiness and to love you does not always work out; in my case, it made it harder to let go after he called. God will always be there.
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I really enjoyed reading your story with the short sentences it leaves the reader to read more in depth. Your story was very touching.
ReplyDeleteThe time and dates in your story really helped me understand the timing of your story, and the pacing. You should talk about the moment. The moment for me in your story is, your talk with God. So maybe you would want to show the actually dialogue you had with him, to show how you came to forgive your ex.
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