"When tempted, no one should say "God is tempting me." For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He tempt anyone; but each person is tempted when they are dragged away by their own evil desire and enticed. Then, after desire has conceived, it give...
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"a time to search and a time to give up, a time to keep and a time to throw away" - Ecclesiastes 3:6
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I frantically dragged her through the hallways, the hurried sounds of our feet echoing through the walls, desperately trying to fix my scrambled thoughts and to make things right with her. But my momentary delirium was interrupted once Rachel came to a halt. My hand remained on her wrist, extended backwards, and I looked back over my shoulder at her stern and perplexed expression.
Bill: "W-what? Rachel, we have to-"
She stopped me from talking by shaking her head 'no'.
Rachel: "If you let me go now... I assure you... I am not coming back to you ever again... That, I can promise you."
I slowly let her hand go, my arm falling to my side, as I stared at her with a shattered frown, as my eyes glistened with a hint of exasperation.
Rachel: "I've sacrificed everything for you, Bill... My God... My church... My faith... My parents, my entire life... I gave up everything to be by your side. And now your love for me is shaken by a fleeting thought? An uncertain dream...? If your feelings are so feeble that you have room for doubt and regret in your mind about us, then... I, too, think you should let me go home..."
My gaze fell to the floor. I loved her... Truly... But she even said it herself; she gave up her life for me. Was I so cruel and selfish as to make her light disappear? Let her spark become dull and gray? I, myself, was robbed of living my own life. How could I torment her with my very own punishment? I had to bring her back home, even if it meant our paths would never cross over ever again. Tears of blood threatened to leave my eyes, mentally already having made a final decision.
