Never the Bride by Rene Gutteridge

Author:Rene Gutteridge [Gutteridge, Rene]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Romance, Contemporary, Inspirational
ISBN: 9780307457905
Publisher: WaterBrook Press
Published: 2009-06-02T04:00:00+00:00

fourteen

I make it home way after dark and begin to scarf down Chinese takeout. Brooklyn somehow has the energy to go out after work, and I resist giving her a lecture. She’s not little anymore, but I see her that way. I still remember when she couldn’t button her pants or tie her shoes or reach the cereal bowls in the cabinet.

“Hey um, God, maybe You could watch over her tonight. Make sure she doesn’t do anything stupid, or hook up with Stupid, if you know what I mean.”

Silence. He’s not around. I don’t feel Him near. I wonder if He’s still at the beach, sitting in the sand.

The rest of the workday went well. Brooklyn and I did some preliminary planning for Clay’s proposal. It didn’t seem to sting as much after I spent some time with Blake and drank two chocolate shakes.

I slurp my lo mein and wonder what reason God could have for not hooking me up with Blake. I mean, I know I’m not God and can’t see all things, but sometimes there are things that feel so natural and so right. As humans, how do we know that they aren’t? What do we have other than our instincts?

Exhaustion keeps me from pondering deeper. I trudge up the stairs and throw on a T-shirt. I wash my face, brush my teeth, rinse with Act, take my vitamins, and floss. The bed calls me, but so does my laptop, glowing in the dark room. I decide to do a short blog about mystique. So far I’ve blogged about the Art of Wooing, Proposals Done Right, and What Men Need to Know About Women. I don’t understand why God wants me to blog. Maybe it’s to let off some steam, though if I blog about what’s going on with me and God these days, I’m certain to lose readers. Oh yeah. I don’t have any.

But wait. I lean toward the screen, peering through the darkness. There’s a comment left! By…JessieFan? I have a fan? The subject line reads, THANKS FOR JESSIE’S CORNER.

Jessie, I appreciate everything you’ve written to help us clueless guys know how to relate to women. I hope one day soon I’ll get to involve you in a proposal to a special girl. Please keep posting. How does a man win a girl’s heart? J.F.

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