The Colour of Love

“ For by one sacrifice he has made perfect forever those who are being made holy.” - Hebrews 10:14 Deidre Sighing in dramatic exasperation, I sat down on the curb next to my parked car. David had already marched off towards the restroom of the ENGEN service station that we had pulled into.  He had recently acquired his learner’s license and was keenly working on his skills behind the wheel. Unfortunately, my patience as an instructor fell way short of the mark and truthfully teetered on a knife’s edge between support and condescension. It was his first opportunity to drive a significant distance, as we headed to Johannesburg, and my tolerance had hit its end at his perceived lack of attentiveness.     As the first rays of morning sun kissed my cheeks, I watched them dance off the glinting stone that now graced the ring-finger on my left hand. It had only been there for about twelve hours, and already its weight inspired a significant awareness that we had entered new and uncharted terr

"Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken nor my covenant of peace be removed," says the   Lord , who has compassion on you." Isaiah54:10 NIV David The hopelessly predictable action movie on the screen blared away, but I hadn’t paid much attention beyond the opening credits.  It was a lazy Sunday afternoon and she lay with her head in my lap as I ran my fingers absently through her hair. The last few months had been somewhat of a rollercoaster. Beautiful highs and puncturing lows, blended into an intricate balance of ebb and flow.  It hadn’t taken long for the rumors of our ‘sordid affair' to spread like wildfire and tongues were wagging in contemptuous disdain. Though she tried very hard to hide it, I never missed the sad flicker in her eyes every time someone she knew, purposefully snubbed her greeting or walked right passed her, chin raised, as if she didn’t exist. All this, simply for choosing to be

Let him lead me to the banquet hall, and let his banner over me be love.  Song of Solomon 2:4 NIV                                            Deidre I stared down into my empty coffee mug and listened to the ticking of the clock on the wall for what seemed like the longest time. My dad sat across from me at the dining table doing much the same, as if the answer to all the complex issues that were just raised, would somehow appear in the bottom of the cup. He let out a long sigh and said the words that would prove to be true in so many ways: “Its not going to be easy…” To say I had been overwhelmed by the sheer speed and depth of the events over the last few days would be a vast understatement. I knew beyond doubt that I was called to this relationship, but I had no idea how to be a girlfriend, let alone a wife. I felt the same, yet profoundly changed at the same time.  Fortunately, a sweet and honest conversation that played out on some steps, reassured me that I didn’t have to be anyt