Tackle It Tuesday

Several weeks ago you may recall mention of a young impoverished woman to be wed.
The young woman when asked what her colors were or what her dress was like told me she would be waring the only jeans she had and a t shirt.
I told her..."no way!"
This is your day.
I set to prayer over her for her means to be available to her.
I thought of many things and prayed for many other need for as well

After five hour, of spinning my needle and thread, the necklace was beaded.
This is the ladder stitch. i found myself in prayer sing "We are climbing Jacobs ladder".

I glued my knots (and my fingers, hair and cheek:), trimmed all threads and attached a Silver knot guard and a heart shaped knot ending that I attached to a (pearl type )clasp

After the children in bed I spent a few more hours and made the earrings and finished all the knots with glue. I used silver (sterling) kidney hoops.

I attended Bible study almost late. I gave the child the necklace. She said she was waring pearls and asked if I would be mad. I pulled up my dignity and offered it to her a free gift and told her that pearls sounded lovely.
She then closed the box and put it in her bag sorta tossing it aside. She said "thanks", and do you want to see pictures of her little daughter singing.
Stung a little, I remembered I was only keeping my word to her that I would make her a necklace. My word matters to me.
However the disregard stung a bit.
I then joined her and her pi as aunt in the small prayer group. I find her aunt the most inhospitable "professing" Christian I have ever met.
Now ya all that is really saying something and this woman is a missionary?
I asked the child if she were marrying of her own choice, she did not understand my question. I explained that I have been married many a year and have watched More than my share of marriages collapse because the wife married out of obligation or expectation of someone else and wanted to know for sure that this was her will.
Some of the other ladies were on the same page.
The aunt was not pleased with my question. Does that tell you anything about the wisdom of my question? The young woman then said that they have been together for four years and this was just the paper.
In class I spoke boldly and freely about the meaning of covenant.
I pressed the issue, a class mate said "did you do the study?" I told her I had not. The study taught the things I exampled to the class. Everyone had chance to share with her. It was a very good class. I told them about how in a mature marriage that the mans question of "Can I cut it" can only be answered by God. I told all the girls that witness to a marriage a wedding also have a responsibility in the covenant witnessed.

I said the same things to the groom at the before the ceremony. The pasture over heard me telling the young man these things and said that I had done his sermon for him.
I was asked by one of the ladies helping out to hold the door open for the bride.
I accepted the charge willingly, The aunt again was cold and indifferent to the bride. Control. She does not this girl and shows it. I was offering the bride a photo with a decent back ground and was pushed aside by the aunt (dis-respect intended).
I took several images and was so pleased to see the child (young woman) smile about the isle when I held the chapel door open for her. I ran around and slipped in the other side and sat down. Trying to capture this event for the child , I kept eye for the girls taking a few cell phone pictures and such. I tried to capture a few that would have been lost for her.

Be was beautiful in her dress.
I talked to her about the truth that she is beautiful, she said she used to believe that.
What has happened to this child to lose the truth so blindly.
Me thinks the aunt is a poison and a thief of her niece by marriage beauty.
She only helps them for the sake of the four year old child.
Shame, shame she has place upon her own head. Just shameful!

I captured a few images of the licence being signed. The aunt would not receive my offer to catch her image as she signed and blew me off.
I complimented her dress and she blatantly ignored me shunning me by turning her back turned to me.

I have done what is right.
I have spoken what Gad asked me to say. I have created beauty freely and gifted her with it.
The outcome may never be before my eyes and all seamed awash with insult and disregard. I care more for the friendship I have with God, that as his friend I have befriended this girl hoping to add a memory of beauty for her wedding day.
This was her wedding day. Lord help her with the marriage.
Friends I am exhausted of all of this and I let it all go.
I will be going to another prayer group on next Tuesday.
If The aunt (who leads this small group) asks of me why I will tell her.
That I find her inhospitable and I do not find a quality of character that I can respect in her presence.
Stings to do what is required (asked of) of us sometimes, but I can sleep and I like who I am.
I have befriended (in act) one whom God so loves that......