So naturally, things started to become more serious. I only saw her twice before that. Vanessa came to our youth meetings where I was leading worship and preaching. I need God to be convincing. Poor me. Things were going great with my girlfriend, but every time I saw Vanessa, I wanted to get to know her and find out all the excuses why I should not be with her. Why are you asking me to be with her?
So, can we please drop this? I had to end the relationship because we were going nowhere. Actually, we were going somewhere! We were going to hit a huge wall that would leave us crushed. The relationship was over. We started to talk daily. I found myself talking to her every single day.
So, I did and that led us to talk daily again. I went on a vacation to Dubai and the day after I returned, she invited me to accompany her, her brother, and his wife as they were going to a village in Lebanon with a lake and a farm. During the party, one of my friends took her away to take some photos of her. I had a strange feeling that I have never felt before, which was jealousy. Why are they alone? Why her? I sent her a text if she would like to come and sit next to me.
But I knew this would never happen because after dinner we would be listening to a live band, cutting the cake, talking with friends, and then go home. So, we sat there for 2 more hours talking about our personal lives since childhood. I saw the similarities in our lives.
The challenges we faced. We were both survivors of multiple crises. I looked at her and I understood what she had been through.
