Jay Kesler was once working at a Youth For Christ Camp in Ohio when a young woman approached him. They sat down in the front row of the chapel, and through many tears she told him her heartbreaking story. She had been molested by her own father about three times a week since she was four years old. She'd never told anyone about this, but had carried a great sense of secret shame. As they talked, Kesler noticed that both her wrists were scarred, and she admitted that she had tried to kill herself.
"Why didn't you do it?" Jay asked.
"Well," She replied, "I got to thinking...we have a youth pastor at our church.."
At that point in conversation, Kesler groaned within himself, thinking he was going to hear an ugly story about her getting involved with some youth pastor. But that wasn't it at all. She said, "He'd just gotten married before he came to our church, and I've been watching him. When he's standing in line in church behind his wife, he squeezes her right in church. They look at each other, and they hug each other right in church. One day I was standing in the pastor's study, looking out the window, and the youth pastor walked his wife out into the parking lot. Now there was only one car in the parking lot; nobody was around; nobody was looking. And that guy walked all the way around the car and opened the door and let her in..."
Kesler thought to himself, "This is a nice story, but what's the point?"
But she continued: "Well, I just got to thinking that all men must not be like my dad, huh?"
"You're right," said Jay. "All men are not like your father."
"Jay, do you suppose our youth pastor's a Christian?"
"Yes, I think he probably is."
"Well, that's why I came tonight. I want to be a Christian too."
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It's a lovely story isn't it? ^_^, It's nice to know how a simple act of love can change someone's life forever. Must bear that in mind. Must be careful with our ways of treating our spouse. Let it be a blessing to others.
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