The Romance
Dan was in love. Since grade school, or what passed for grade school in those days, he had known that he would marry Christina someday. Each day at recess, they spent the brief time talking, sharing their day. Many times during the school day, one or the other would look up only to catch the other gazing in their direction. It was as though they were destined to be each other’s soul mate.
The days became weeks and the weeks, months. Months passed and then years. Dan admired his father and wanted to follow in his footsteps. His father enjoyed working with his hands. He was known far and wide as a master craftsman. “If you want furniture that makes a statement, but will not wear out, you want (Dan’s father) to make it for you,” they said. Dan was usually within earshot of these remarks and the decision of what to become when he grew up was easy. What man doesn’t seek such a role model and what better role model than the man from whom you have life?
Christina grew up in a traditional home also. As a young girl she watched her mother raise her younger siblings and how natural her mother seemed! Deep within her heart she longed to hold a little one of her own as she watched her mother and that longing grew until she knew beyond a shadow of a doubt that this is what she desired in life. Because she was raised in a godly and moral family, Christina knew that she would one day be a mother, but she also knew that she must follow the accepted practice. We once knew this as a quaint rhyme: “First comes loves, than comes marriage, then comes Baby and a baby carriage.” A godly young woman, it never occurred to Christina to question, nor divert from this progression.
Does this sound like any book you have ever read? Two young people who grow up together as children, and grow together as teenagers? Somehow the story seems a little familiar. Maybe you read it somewhere before and it’s been a while. This story is available in www.InHisHonor.org, a Christian bookstore available online. Remember, “Christian books change lives” and this Christian story has changed countless lives since it occurred.
Now our story takes a strange, yet familiar turn. Remember, Dan and Christina grew up assuming that they would one day marry and raise children. That was just the natural progression in families and certainly their environment was natural in every way. But, one day Christina comes to Dan with a very sobering and sad story. She is pregnant. Keep in mind that they were living in a time that this just did not happen. Families traditionally chose their son’s and daughter’s mate and then in their mid to late teens, the engagement was announced. Now Christina is throwing a monkey wrench literally in the spokes of this tradition. If she is pregnant, who is the guy? Why in the world would she sleep with somebody, knowing that she was to be engaged to Dan? And why is Christina engaging (pardon the pun) in this unexpected behavior anyway, since she was a very chaste and moral young woman? This whole turn of events was already bizarre enough, when she dropped a bombshell. If you have been following this story closely, can you identify who Dan and Christina are? Remember, this story is found in the Bible and it is a very familiar story, you just don’t know the two main characters as Dan and Christina.
God is in the business of changing lives. His Word, the Holy Bible declares, “Your Word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path.” He also states that “all Scripture is inspired by God and is useful for doctrine (that which is right teaching), for instruction (how to do what God desires), for correction (kind of like a spanking, except God is the administrator) and for training in righteousness.” Those two verses are found in Psalms and II Timothy respectively. They are part of the reason why www.InHisHonor.org has taken the motto, “Christian Books Change Lives.” We take our mission seriously and we believe that one reason to offer this bookstore to the public is to change lives.
Back to our story for a moment: who are Dan and Christina? What is the bombshell that Christina dropped on Dan, right after she told him she was pregnant? Well, if I told you one of the answers, I would probably give away the second answer and as Paul Harvey liked to say, “and that’s the rest of the story!” Have you ever been watching a riveting drama on TV and just when you were on the edge of your seat, you saw the words rolling across the screen…..”to be Continued?” One of the many reasons I’m not a big fan of TV, they love to leave you hanging. And I am going to be guilty of the same.
We will find out the rest of the story in Dan and Christina: Part II. Until next time, or as Elmer Fudd (don’t you just love that silly wabbit?), would say, “Th..th..th..thats, all f..f…f…folks!” Stay tuned to this blog about the many engaging books you will find at www.InHisHonor.org.
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