Friday, March 2, 2018

AN EARLY MORNING FUNERAL

Rich was digging a hole in Christy’s front yard that night to bury a box that contained all the letters they’d written each other. There were over one hundred handwritten pages inside it.

Had his feelings for Christy changed? Not at all. But he realized that he couldn’t be guided just by his feelings. He had to act on principle and do what was in Christy’s best interest. He couldn’t just do what felt right; he had to do what was right. Even though it hurt, he knew that the most caring thing he could do for the girl he loved was to get out of her life and end the relationship that was distracting both of them from serving God and obeying her parents.

It took Rich nearly two hours of digging to finish the hole. He made it two feet wide by three feet long and eighteen inches deep so it would be beneath the frost line. He picked up the box of letters and laid it gently into the ground. He had wrapped it tightly in several layers of plastic. Rich wanted his hopes to be able to stay in the ground for a long time… maybe even forever.

For eighteen-year-old Rich, that moment was the funeral of his dreams. He was submitting his feelings and longings to God. He stared at the box one last time, looked up at the quiet house, and then pushed the dirt he’d unearthed back into the hole and packed it down with his foot. If you want to dig this up someday, I know You can, he told God. But if not, this is where it will stay.

He covered the spot with sod, then quietly stole away.

Written By: Joshua Harris
From his Book: BOY MEETS GIRL (Say Hello to Courtship)

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