Lord, please help me to change - Judith Couchman

BELIEVING I NA BETTER YO UWhen people won't believe we've changed,we can trust the God who changed us.J M o u marrie d folk s can com e throug h thi s line," the ushe r^ ^ sai d a s h e pointe d m e towar d th e weddin g cak e an dpunch. I looked bac k a t Terry, stifle d a laugh an d followe d th ereception line . I had give n up on explanations .Terry i s a single frien d I used t o cal l m y "escor t service "when I still live d i n m y hometown. Seein g u s together, peopl eoften misname d hi m a s m y husband, m y boyfriend, or "relation -ship." Bu t Terr y neve r flinched . W e kne w wha t fe w peopl ebelieved: We were jus t friends.("I'm prou d t o be see n wit h you, " he onc e said . And th emisnomers bothe r ed m e less. )We weren't alway s so secure i n our friendship . When I me tTerry, I developed a colossal crush o n him—a s have many wome nsince. I attended hi s Bible stud y with les s thought fo r the lesso nthan fo r the teacher—an d i t bothered m e becaus e I felt emotionallyfragile and couldn't fac e a possible rejection .After a couple o f months o f agony, I blurted m y feelings t oan older Christia n woma n wh o took me seriously .132'