Two becoming one TWO

I met her again. She is married now. I found it somehow comfortable and uncomfortable to see it that way. They both stood in a shop in the forum while I got in.
["You are happy to see that I didn't run away right?" She asked me with a giggle. "He actually was thinking what he would do when someone would come and tell that the girl was not coming!!! Ha ha ha ...," laughed the girl who had given it thoughts to run away.]

They are leaving tomorrow. To a place where she never wanted to go, leaving the girls who loved her in the darkness of a small Indian state where she was working.

"They really were interested to see the kind of work I did and wanted to do more, ya. Good, no? " She said with a twinkle in her eyes.
"You've done a hel lot of work among those people. They need people with a heart like yours, there," I said.
"So I'll get a job, alle?
"What's the question! I'm sure you will."

That was beautiful. She was thinking. And she has changed now. She is changing and she will change for him.

See, I told you she loved him. The girl I have known for 8 years now, wasn't so stone hearted, as wanyone would have thought. And the man is a gentleman. Somehow I picked up some tension and discomfort on his face. May be because he knew that we would be talking about this. But he knew me and my place and always gave a me a place. A perfect gentleman. They are lucky to have each other.

When they told me about their life together in front of that beautiful church 7 years ago, I wasn't shocked as I had doubts already. But when they told me that they had been together for 2 years, THAT shocked me. Well kept secret! At that point, I never expected so many twists and turns in their life. But, today, as then, they always based it in a relationship with the almighty and full of love. Many ups and downs later, the wedding bells rang.

The first wedding which I attended that made me so happy. I've never felt that joy at the end of any other wedding. Two friends of mine, who knew me well and were very good friends of mine - first time in my life.

I am still so happy for you, you guys. God bless you in the overseas (even if the seas roll again) and in the future. Praying for you both.

Two becoming one

"I don't love him. You must think it's funny and want to slap me."
The little girl at the door-step of marriage said.
She once loved him deeply. She was convinced.
Today, I am sure she loves him. But, questions remain.
A new actor appeared on stage. His role wasn't in the script which was written many years ago. But he played his part, a major part, and left. It was devastatnig when he did that though. An unscripted character leaving a delible mark.
The show must go on. "Should it?", she asked me. It was a tough situation.
I said it must. Not because that's what everyone at this point would do.
Because she loved him, deeply. He loves her, beyond words. She loves him, I know.
But she's a little shocked. Life can't be this way. You shouldn't have to chose this much. Losing track of what's happening around.
A hand squeeze. Think about it, pray about it. I'll always be around if you need to talk to someone.
I never condemned her. Somehow. She has a special place.

"Things are better. I feel comfortable around him. he understood when I spoke to him and he said he'll give me time. "
Wonderful.
He's a gentleman. And he deserves a great girl like her. Given the many years of them having been together, it is no surprise that they should reach the page where the wedding bells sound. And that's what happened. As always, he took extra care to make it an unforgettable wedding for the both of them.
I am sure, it will be a happily ever after, with a few fights in between like everyone.
For, "The wind plays the music; for the song of their oneness, God wrote the lyrics."

HEAR, O ISRAEL, CURSED WILL YOU BE!

I STRONGLY AND VEHEMENTLY CONDEMN YOUR ATTACKS ON THE GAZA STRIP, O ISRAEL. YOU HAVE NO REASON TO DO SO AND YOU ARE KILLING FAMILIES. YOU HAVE STOOPED DOWN TO A LEVEL WHERE YOU SEND ROCKETS INTO CROWDED MARKETS AND EVEN UNIVERSITIES. SHAME ON YOU! I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ALMIGHTY IS GOING TO DO WITH YOU, FOR ALL THE CHOSEN RACE TALK. THE PUNISHMENT UPON YOU BE HEAVY AND CURSED. I HOPE THE INNOCENT ONES ARE SAVED BUT ALL OF YOU BEHIND THIS WILL EAT PUNISHMENT HANDED OVER BY THE JUDGEMENT OF THE LORD OF HOSTS.
HOW CAN YOU BE SO HEARTLESS!
AND YOU, THE UNITED STATES, SUPPORTING THIS ATTACK WITH F16S AND ARMS PROVISION, GREATER BE THE PUNISHMENT ON YOU, YOU WARMONGER! IN THE NAME OF HUMANITARIANISM AND DEMOCARCY AND PEACE OU DESTROY NATIONS PERMANENTLY AND LOOT THEM SHAMELESSLY. SHAME ON YOU AND ALL THOSE WHO VOTED FOR YOU.
WAR IS WRONG, WAR IS INHUMAN, WAR IS EVIL AND WAR IS VIOLATION.
ISRAEL, STOP.

Calm before the storm

The sea is calm;
Calmer than usual,
Earlier, when the sky darkens,
And the clouds growl
The sea would rise,
Hoping to wipe them away;
Hoping to mute the noise;
Which turned it turbulent!
Today the sea is calm.
It makes the sailors curious...
The sea can't be so calm.
History has plenty of instances,
To show how men have been fooled
Still...
Could it be?
What does the sea say?
It just flows, sending it's currents to differnt regions;
There is no stopping in it's way.
Big fish, little fish, they all are taking in the calm
Not worried about shelter or quakes,
For the God of the sea has proved powerful
And powerful enought to calm any sea
As ever.