about
what happened last weekend or not. She
was
acting all normal only that she had been
taciturn for the past five days since he
was
caught watching the Unclad lady. Apart
from
that she had remained the God fearing
and
loving wife he had married. He could see
that
what happened was more of an
embarrassment
than offensive.
He loved her and wouldn’t want to hurt
her. He
also wouldn’t want to hurt God whom he
had
vowed to serve with his whole heart. But
something had been happening in his
mind
since he last spoke with the devilish girl
at her
work place. He had found himself replying
their
conversation over and over again in his
mind,
despite efforts to let go of the memory of
the
meeting. The cunning girl had forced him
to
confess he didn’t think she had an ugly
body.
Those were filty words and a Christian like
him
was not supposed to express whatever he
felt
about her body. In fact he wasn’t even
supposed to think of it.
Why did he have to see her again? He
was sure
that the devil was at war with him.
He decided that he was going to fast
throughout the week. Today was his third
day
into the fasting. He was going to ensure
no
sexual thought came into his head. He
wasn’t
even going to do anything with his wife.
Another guilty thought was that he was
unconsciously comparing his wife’s body
with
the devil lady’s. His wife was beautiful
with an
equally beautiful body but she didn’t carry
herself the way that lady carried her; Ruth
didn’t have style she was just herself.
Paul was
sure she was sent by the devil because
she was
making him have these evil sinful
thoughts in
his head.
These thoughts were the reason why he
had
been praying all evening since he came
back
from work. Ruth had been coming close to
him
like she wanted him to have her but he
had
promised God that he wouldn’t involve in
any
sexual act until the fast was over. He was
definitely going to rid every sinful thought
from
his mind and not even s*x from his wife
was
going to stop him.
Ruth had almost forgotten about what
happened last weekend. After much
thought,
she didn’t think it what her husband did
was a
strong reason enough to be angry with
him.
she had been able to see it as the work of
the
devil and so had decided that she
wouldn’t
allow the devil get between her and her
husband. What she didn’t understand
however,
was why her husband was acting all guilty
since
the event. Why can’t he see that she was
ready
to let go and make up with him? Why
can’t he
just let it go and make love to her?
Now she had gotten even more restless
with
the fact that he’d just started fasting.
Why was
he fasting again? Didn’t he just finish one
the
previous week just before they packed into
this
neigbourhood? He hadn’t even made love
to
her since then. And now, only God knew
when
she would feel his touch again.
This thought also made her felt guilty and
sinful. She knew she wasn’t supposed to
complain within her about the fasting her
husband was doing. She was supposed to
appreciate it and thank God he was
equipping
himself spiritually. What was s*x
compared to
what her husband was doing for the Lord.
Yet, he body desired to be touched despite
all
prayers and reading of the word of God.
He had just finished praying when she
walked
into the room. She knew she had been
taciturn
since she caught him staring at the
Unclad
lady; she felt it was time she opened up a
discussion with him, hopefully he would
stop
acting guilty and relax around her.
Deep down in her mind she was not sure
of why
she wanted him to relax around her. She
wasn’t
also sure of why she entered the room to
meet
him. Oh! How she wished he could just
make
love to her.
“So how was work today?” she asked as
she sat
on the best.
Paul had just picked up the bible to read
one or
two chapters, she looked up at her, “Work
was
nice. I thank God for everything.”
“Yes… this new neighbourhood is quiet
but I
prefer it to our former place.” She said.
“With time, you will get used to it.” He
said,
recalling again how the so called
neighbourhood had welcomed them the
first
day they had parked in. but that didn’t
stop
him from noticing how pretty Ruth looked
this
evening. She smelt nice too and he almost
felt
like reaching out his hands to grab her to
him.
He really loved her.
“Yes, I will get used to it.”
“I trust that the good Lord will soon
provide you
a job and you will be busy.” He said.
“Why don’t
we study the bible together and pray?” he
suggested.
“Oh.” She felt it was a good idea even
though
prayer wasn’t the reason why she had
entered
the room. Yet, she knew that as a
Christian, she
must pray without ceasing.
She sat beside him and together, the two
love
birds began to study the word.
To be continue
