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微信風波，引發猜疑芥蒂

晚飯後，可可陪兒子看動畫片，丈夫王易坐在一旁拿著手機聊天。這時，一陣鈴聲傳來，是條微信視頻，王易神色慌張地關了微信，順手把手機裝進口袋裡，然後裝作若無其事的樣子，也陪兒子看起了動畫片。王易的一舉一動可可都看在眼裡，她帶著疑惑的口氣問道：「是誰給你發的微信，怎麼不接啊？」https://reurl.cc/88Nyy

「噢，同事發的，我不想接，肯定又是叫我出去吃飯。」王易故作鎮定地回答。

誰知，王易的話音剛落，微信鈴聲再次響起。可可看著王易不自然的神態，意識到他在說謊，便皺著眉頭催促道：「把手機拿出來接啊，你是不是有什麼祕密不想讓我知道？」

「剛才不是說了嘛，是公司的同事，不用管他。」王易敷衍地說道。

王易一反常態的舉動更令可可心生懷疑，她伸手要拿王易口袋裡的手機，沒想到王易掏出手機迅速地把微信卸載了。可可愣了一下，心裡既驚訝又氣憤：「平時他不是這樣的，有時還主動讓我看他微信上的信息，今天這麼反常，肯定有事瞞著我，莫非……」可可不敢再往下想了。

夜深了，可可卻沒有一點睡意，丈夫卸載微信的舉動不停地在她腦海裡浮現，她不禁感到有些恐慌。可可看了一眼熟睡的王易，起身小心翼翼地走出房間，用自己的手機登錄了王易的微信群，翻開了聊天記錄。這時，一個名叫「初戀」的聊天群映入可可的眼簾，群名像刺一樣扎在她心上，使她隱隱作痛。隨後，可可就以王易的名義在「初戀」群裡聊天，聊著聊著，一個頭像開始不停地跳動，可可點開對方的相片，看到手機屏幕上的女孩，她一下子呆住了，眼淚在眼睛裡打轉：「這不是丈夫的初戀女友嗎？看來他果真背著我在和初戀女友聯繫，還不知他們已經聊了多久呢！」可可萬萬沒想到，平時疼愛她的丈夫竟然會背著她和初戀女友聯繫，要是他們再聯絡出感情走到一起，那她怎麼辦？這突如其來的狀況如當頭一棒，讓可可不知所措，可可癱坐在沙發上，心裡特別痛苦。https://reurl.cc/88Nyy

可可接受不了丈夫背叛自己，哪怕是精神出軌也不行。可可心裡憋著氣，走進臥室把手機往王易身上一丟，王易頓時被驚醒了。王易拿起手機看了一下，不耐煩地說：「我就怕你想多了才沒讓你看的。我和她真的沒什麼，不知道是誰把我拉進群裡，然後……」

「你不用解釋了，事實就在眼前！怪不得你今天鬼鬼祟祟的，我看你是心裡有鬼。」此時，可可真想摔門而去，可理智告訴她，自己是一名基督徒，不能那樣做。可可生氣地坐在床頭，眼淚一個勁兒地往下掉，王易急忙安慰她說：「別哭了，我和她真的沒什麼，我的為人你還不知道嗎？我向你保證，我不會再和她聊天了，我現在就把她的微信刪了。」王易當著可可的面把「初戀」這個群刪了，但這事在可可心裡留下了陰影。

猜疑升級，夫妻關係緊張

接下來的日子，可可開始留心觀察王易，她發現王易每天早上上班前總是精心打扮一番，穿著也特別講究。想到以前丈夫不怎麼注重形象的，最近怎麼反常了？可可不禁想到前幾天丈夫跟初戀女友聊天的事，不免有些擔心：「丈夫不會和初戀女友又聯繫上了吧？難道是去見初戀女友？」每每想到這些，可可就坐立不安、心煩意亂。

一天，可可撥通了王易的電話，可一直無人接聽，想到丈夫上班時間很自由，手機也從不離身，難道是身邊有其他人不方便接電話？可可越想越緊張，不停地撥打電話，可還是無人接聽，可可有些急躁。過了一會兒，王易打來了電話，可還沒等王易說話，可可就是一頓質問：「你在幹嘛？你在哪裡？為什麼不接電話？……」王易被這一連串的問題問矇了，停頓了幾秒回答道：「我一會兒沒接你的電話，怎麼就這麼多問題呀？手機在充電，我有事出去了，沒聽到鈴聲響，你是不是想多了？」可可認真地聽著電話另一頭的聲音，她隱約聽到有女性的聲音，就警惕地問王易：「我怎麼聽到有女孩的聲音？」「她們是我的同事，你是不是有點神經過敏了？」王易不耐煩地說。雖然王易說得很清楚了，但可可還是半信半疑。晚上，王易下班回家，可可對他愛搭不理的，有時說話還故意提王易的初戀女友試探他，王易見可可這樣無理取鬧、捕風捉影，也不搭理她了。https://reurl.cc/88Nyy

之後，可可做什麼事都心不在焉，一空閒下來就想知道丈夫在做什麼，是不是和初戀女友在約會。可可很擔心丈夫和初戀女友的感情死灰復燃，更擔心丈夫丟下她和孩子不管。可可也知道不該猜疑丈夫，可心裡怎麼也放不下這事。可可意識到自己的情形不對，就向神禱告：「神啊！我總是身不由己地猜疑丈夫，甚至想弄清楚他每天的行蹤，我活在這種情形裡很煎熬，也很痛苦。神啊！我不知道該學哪方面的功課，願你帶領我明白真理，擺脫痛苦。」

神話語帶領，看清猜疑根源

禱告後，可可看到神的話說：「這一次一次的潮流，它都帶著一種邪氣，這個邪氣讓人不斷地墮落，不斷地失去良心、失去人性、失去理智，讓人的道德越來越下降，讓人的人格品質也越來越下降，甚至可以說，以至於到現在多數人沒有人格，沒有人性，也沒有良心，更沒有理智。」（摘自《獨一無二的神自己　六》）

揣摩著神的話可可有些明白了，當今社會就像一個邪惡淫亂的大染缸，充斥著各種謬論邪說和錯謬的思想觀點，像「家裡紅旗不倒，外面彩旗飄飄」「不在乎天長地久，只在乎曾經擁有」等等，這些思想觀點漸漸地被我們所接受、承認，隨之人越來越墮落，開始崇尚邪惡，很多人肆無忌憚地找情人、包二奶、養小三，還認為這是有本事，是跟上了社會的潮流，結果導致越來越多的夫妻形同陌路，夫妻離婚、一方出軌、第三者插足的事情屢見不鮮，很多人甚至家庭破裂，這不僅給夫妻雙方帶來極大的傷害，還給家人、兒女帶來無盡的痛苦。而且因撒但邪惡潮流的氾濫，有的家庭雖然外表和諧，但夫妻雙方極度缺乏安全感，彼此之間也都失去了信任，做妻子的擔心丈夫找小三，做丈夫的不放心妻子，雙方都活在猜疑中，夫妻之間不但失去了愛和關懷，相反因互相猜疑累得身心疲憊，痛苦不堪。就連現在很多年輕人，因為聽說太多夫妻之間互相背叛的事，都產生了防備心理，不敢輕易結婚，成了大齡剩男剩女。https://reurl.cc/88Nyy

可可想到她也是撒但邪惡潮流下的一名受害者，自從她發現丈夫與初戀女友有聯繫後，就對丈夫滿了猜疑、防備，害怕丈夫背叛她，即使丈夫保證不再與初戀女友聯繫，她仍對丈夫不放心，總擔心他們舊情復燃，她的婚姻破裂。因此，可可對丈夫的一舉一動，甚至一個眼神、表情都細心觀察，還常常說話試探丈夫，活得很痛苦。想到這些，可可不由得嘆了口氣，看到她和丈夫在邪惡潮流影響下，互相之間沒有了信任與理解，兩人每天過得都很壓抑，經常鬧得不愉快，家裡也沒有了往日的歡聲笑語。可可又想到村裡的張嫂，因為害怕她丈夫隨從潮流在外面找小三，經常跟蹤丈夫，搞得像個偵探似的。結果，張嫂由於長期活在緊張的情緒下，導致精神分裂得了抑鬱症，最後因受不了痛苦服毒自殺了，一個圓滿的家庭就這樣破裂了。可可看到撒但興起邪惡潮流引誘人、迷惑人，將人敗壞得越來越邪惡、墮落，使得夫妻之間也常常身不由己地猜疑對方，給雙方帶來的都是痛苦，嚴重的被撒但殘害、吞吃，撒但真是太卑鄙、邪惡了！

之後，可可又在神的話中尋求，她看到神說：「我很欣賞對別人沒有猜疑的人，也很喜歡肯接受真理的人，對於這些人我很照顧，因為這兩種人是我眼中的誠實人。你是一個很詭詐的人，那你就對每件事、每個人都有防備之心與猜測之意……」（摘自《到底怎樣認識地上的神》）揣摩著神的話，可可認識到她痛苦的另一方面原因是因她受詭詐的撒但性情支配，遇事總愛猜疑，結果活在自己的想像中被撒但愚弄，心靈特別痛苦、壓抑。可可想到當她發現丈夫與初戀女友在微信上聊天時，丈夫也坦白地跟她解釋了，但她不相信，還是憑著想像一再地去猜疑丈夫。有時丈夫下班回來晚或者不能及時接電話，可可就開始懷疑丈夫是不是和初戀女友約會去了，還常常打電話監督「查崗」，恨不得在丈夫身上安一個跟蹤器。可可這才意識到，因著她裡面有詭詐的本性，使她與丈夫之間矛盾重重，也使他們本來安穩幸福的婚姻生活陷入了危機。可可反覆揣摩著神的話，看到神喜歡誠實人，厭憎詭詐人，神希望每一位跟隨他的人都能做誠實人，坦誠地對待別人，不要總憑想像猜疑別人，防備別人，這樣才能逐步擺脫詭詐的敗壞性情，活得輕鬆釋放。明白神的心意後，可可願意按神的話去實行，做誠實人，不再去猜疑丈夫。

放下猜疑，收穫幸福婚姻

之後，可可每次想給丈夫打電話「查崗」時，就趕緊禱告神，把心安靜在神面前，向神傾訴心裡的想法，有意識地放下心中的猜測和想像，實行真理做誠實人。這樣實行後，可可心裡釋放了很多。

一天晚上，王易下班沒有按時回家，可可心裡有一絲不悅，又開始胡亂猜測了。這時，可可意識到她又憑詭詐的性情活著了，就趕緊跟神作了個禱告，願神保守她的心不要去猜疑丈夫。禱告後，可可心裡平靜了很多，然後就去廚房準備晚飯。王易回來後，可可笑著叫他吃飯，王易看著可可，表情由驚訝轉到欣慰。慢慢地，王易與可可之間的關係融洽了一些。

不久後的一天，可可在手機上無意間發現王易的微信群裡還有初戀女友的賬號，望著那個女孩的頭像，可可心裡再起波瀾：「好你個王易！上次當著我的面把她的微信刪除，背地裡卻又把她加了進來，今天你非給我說清楚不可，你要放不下初戀女友，那我退出，成全你們！」可可越想越氣憤，氣乎乎地把兩人的身分證和結婚證都找了出來，準備找王易發洩不滿。可就在這時，可可心裡有些受責備，她意識到自己的情形不對了，急忙來到神面前禱告：「神啊！我發現丈夫的微信裡還有初戀女友的賬號，心裡就很難受，又開始猜疑丈夫是不是有外心。神哪！我知道每件事臨到都有你的美意，可我不知道該怎樣做才合你心意，願你開啟引導我。」https://reurl.cc/88Nyy

禱告後，可可心裡平靜了一些，她打開神話語書，看到神說：「婚姻是人一生中的重要關口，它因人一生的命運而產生，它是一個人一生命運的一個重要環節，它不以人的意志與人的喜好為基礎，不受任何外界條件的影響，而是完全取決於兩個人的命運，取決於造物主對擁有此婚姻的兩個人的命運的命定與安排。」（摘自《獨一無二的神自己　三》）神的話使可可豁然開朗，她明白了每個人的婚姻都是神早已命定好的，是神根據兩個人的命運和使命安排的，不由人自己選擇或改變，更不是哪個人想破壞就能破壞得了的。可可想到當年丈夫與初戀女友也是兩情相悅，但因著種種原因沒能走到一起，最終丈夫還是和她走進了婚姻的殿堂。這時可可知道了，自己和丈夫的這段婚姻怎樣，能走多遠，不是丈夫的初戀女友找丈夫聊聊天就能破壞的，更不是靠自己猜疑、電話「查崗」、吵鬧就能保住的，這一切都在神的手中掌握，由神安排。明白了這些，可可心裡坦然了許多，她把自己的婚姻向神交託，願意順服神的主宰安排。

可可又看到神的話說：「……夫妻在一起生活幾年，彼此磨合，也有些磕磕碰碰，但要是人性正常的話，你總跟他交流心裡的話，他也跟你交流心裡的話，生活當中或者工作當中有什麼難處，自己心裡怎麼想的，打算以後怎麼處理，或者你在對待兒女上有哪些想法、打算，事事都跟他說，你倆是不是就顯得彼此特別近、特別知心呢？如果他從來就不跟你說心裡話，就是掙回錢來給你就完事了，你也從來不跟他說心裡話，沒有知心話，那你們倆的心裡是不是有距離呀？肯定有距離，因為都不了解對方心裡在想什麼，打算做什麼，最後他是什麼樣的人你都測不透，你是什麼樣的人他也測不透，你不了解他的需要，他也不了解你的要求。沒有語言的溝通，沒有心靈上的溝通，人與人之間不可能知心，不可能互相供應、互相幫助……」（摘自《做誠實人最基本的實行》）看了神的話可可明白了，夫妻之間要互相了解、彼此交心，互相尊重對方，把自己的心裡話向對方訴說，這樣感情才能維持下去，夫妻之間才能和睦相處。如果夫妻雙方都各揣心腹事，彼此對對方有哪些想法、要求也不及時敞開說，時間久了隔閡、誤解就會越來越深，隨之演變成吵架、冷戰，最終兩人只能關係破裂。揣摩著神的話，可可有了實行的路途，就是做誠實人，跟丈夫單純敞開說心裡話，讓丈夫了解自己心裡的感受，自己也去了解丈夫的思想，這樣彼此知心了才能達到和睦相處。明白這些後，可可決定敞開心跟丈夫好好談談。

王易下班回來後，可可來到王易身旁，說：「咱們一起聊聊吧！」王易驚訝地看著可可。接著，可可坦誠地說：「自從我發現你與初戀女友有聯繫後，就很擔心你會背叛我，總猜測你每天在做什麼，有沒有做對不起我的事，甚至你跟我解釋我也聽不進去。現在我通過讀神的話，明白了夫妻之間該有信任，不能憑著詭詐的性情猜疑對方。想到這段時間我常常猜疑你，連夫妻之間最該有的信任都沒做到，所做的這些給你造成了傷害，是我不好。」王易看著可可認真地說：「我很愛我們的家，你放心，我不會做對不起你的事。我跟那個女孩以前是談過朋友，可我們之間真的沒有什麼。這次我沒守信用，也沒考慮你的感受，加了她的微信，不過我沒和她聊過天，我以後不再和她聯繫了。」可可與王易相視一笑，彼此的心貼近了許多……

從此以後，可可的家裡恢復了原來的溫馨，可可和丈夫因著彼此尊重，常常溝通、交心，隔閡、猜忌少了許多。https://reurl.cc/88Nyy

回想著婚姻上的這段波折，可可深深地感受到：如果不是神話語的帶領，她可能也會像眾多女人一樣，因為猜忌不斷地與丈夫吵鬧，使得原本和諧的家庭就此破裂。是神的話帶領她識破撒但用邪惡潮流敗壞人的詭計，也使她認識到自己的詭詐性情，更認識到神的主宰。當她追求做誠實人不再猜疑丈夫，與丈夫交心時，夫妻關係才和諧了。藉著這次經歷，可可體會到神的話就是我們人的生命所需，是我們行事的原則與指南，我們只有按神的話行，才能活出人的樣式，也才能與人和睦相處。

One evening, Jingru was tidying her place. https://reurl.cc/88Dpy

“Ring, ring.” The phone began to ring. She answered it and a strange yet familiar voice sounded in her ear: “Hello! It’s Wang Wei. You’re home!”

“Wang Wei?” Jingru was somewhat astonished: Why was he calling her now after so many years?

“Yes … I’m home. What’s up?” asked Jingru in surprise.

“Long time no see. I’d like to take you for a ride. I’m on my way to your place and will arrive soon. Wait outside your door for me!” said Wang Wei.

After she’d hung up, Jingru’s heart began to race, and her thoughts immediately returned to those days at school …

Jingru had not only grown to be pretty, but she also got good grades, and many boys in the school, including Wang Wei, pursued her. In order to get himself into Jingru’s world, Wang Wei employed all kinds of ways to get closer to her, like passing messages, writing letters and giving her presents to express his feelings for her. But Jingru was an obedient, sensible girl, and she didn’t want her studies to be affected or to disappoint her parent’s expectations of her because of some emotional distraction, and so she always adopted an indifferent attitude in the face of Wang Wei’s persistent pursuit. But Wang Wei didn’t give up just because Jingru gave him the cold shoulder, and several years later Wang Wei was still pursuing her just as he’d always done. His persistence began ever so slightly to move Jingru’s heart, but she was only slightly moved. Later, a few female classmates began to appear around Wang Wei, and they would follow him around all day long. Jingru’s tranquil heart began to surge, and she thought she could use this circumstance to test Wang Wei for a semester; if he remained unmoved by these girls and kept pursuing her, then she would relent to his pursuit …

“Beep beep!” The car horn broke Jingru’s reverie. Wang Wei was already outside waiting.

Jingru got into his car, and faced with this long-absent, unexpected meeting, they both lapsed into silence.

They drove around aimlessly, and the atmosphere became somewhat awkward.

After a good while, Wang Wei broke the silence. “So … how have you been?”

“Good, thanks. All good,” Jingru replied lightly.

“Where have you been all these years? I couldn’t find you. It was like you’d disappeared off the face of the earth. Only when I accidentally saw your number on a friend’s phone did I give you a call, otherwise who knows when I would have seen you again!” said Wang Wei, driving the car and looking every now and then at Jingru as he spoke. https://reurl.cc/88Dpy

“I haven’t been anywhere. It’s just that work has been quite busy, so I haven’t been in touch with any of you,” said Jingru in a measured tone.

Wang Wei stopped the car by the side of the road. He then said to Jingru what was in his heart, and in his deep voice there were both sorrow and regret: “I was always after you when we were at school. For five years I pursued you! But you were always so cold to me, I don’t know how I got through all those years. After you left school, I enrolled in a military school, but I still thought of you all the time. After I graduated, I looked for you everywhere, but never found you. Finally, I got married because of pressure from my family, but you were still in my heart, before, now and forever. When I unexpectedly saw your phone number, there was only one word in my mind: Regret. I regret that I didn’t wait to get married, and that I didn’t meet you sooner …”

Hearing Wang Wei make such a sincere confession, Jingru felt a bitter grief. Looking at Wang Wei now, whose face that had always been handsome was now more mature and dignified, to her surprise, Jingru’s heart was turned to Wang Wei …

“Ah, pursuing you all those years and being treated so coldly by you, I was in the dark, and I chose to wait for your answer one more year, but in the end … you were still you, and I was still me. Tell me, why did you always ignore me at school? What did you think about me? Can you tell me?” asked a somewhat hurt Wang Wei. https://reurl.cc/88Dpy

Hearing this, Jingru also felt hurt and regret—hurt because she had been so heartless back then and had wounded Wang Wei, and regret because she had missed the chance to be with Wang Wei back then because of her indifference. Looking at Wang Wei, Jingru sighed that after so many years Wang Wei actually still kept her in his mind. She thought of how she was no longer young and how she still hadn’t found a suitable boyfriend, and how all her friends had gotten married one by one, leaving her as the only one who was alone. She wanted a partner who loved her too, and so many times she’d dreamed a romantic picture of her and a lover being so intimate and close together, and had even dreamed of herself and Wang Wei going together…. She also thought of how Wang Wei had persistently pursued her back then, and she regretted that she hadn’t been able to appreciate it. Now Wang Wei was still pursuing her and she really wanted to relent to him, and be his partner. But her reason said to her: “Wang Wei is married already! As a Christian, you must bear a Christian’s testimony. You absolutely must not impulsively say your true feelings to Wang Wei. Only by conducting yourself in accordance with God’s requirements can you conform to God’s will.” But the feelings in the deeps of her heart and her reason tore her in different directions, and she felt pained.

Jingru put her confused thoughts in order, forced herself to pretend that nothing was amiss, and replied to Wang Wei: “That year, I wanted to test you for one more semester. If your feelings for me didn’t change, then I would consider going out with you. But then I thought of my parents’ expectations of me … I guess it was fate!” https://reurl.cc/88Dpy

Jingru suppressed her feelings as she said this, but she felt a gripping pain. If she could have turned back the clock, she would certainly have agreed to go out with Wang Wei without a moment’s hesitation, and then maybe they wouldn’t be in this situation now. But now, Jingru was doing all she could to hold her emotions in check, and tears began to fall quietly down her face. She was afraid Wang Wei would see, so she turned her face to the window. But Wang Wei sensed that Jingru was crying, and he hurriedly took out a tissue to wipe her eyes.

In her heart, Jingru silently called on God to keep her, so that she could steel herself not to fall into temptation and lose the testimony of a Christian. She took the tissue and said, “I’ll do it.” After she’d dried her tears, Wang Wei suddenly took her hand and began to bring it up to his shoulder, and right then, being so upset, Jingru did indeed need a shoulder for comfort. For a moment, Jingru felt in a trance, and wanted to lean on that shoulder, but God’s words that teach and warn people appeared in her mind: “As for all people who do evil (those who fornicate, or deal in dirty money, or have unclear boundaries between men and women, or who interrupt or damage My management, or whose spirits are blocked, or who are possessed by the evil spirits, and so on—all except My elect), none of them will be let off, nor any pardoned, but all will be cast down to Hades and perish forever!” (“The Ninety-fourth Utterance”). https://reurl.cc/88Dpy

Jingru felt that God’s words were judging and reproaching her, and in an instant she awoke from her trance. She knew clearly that God is holy, that God’s disposition is righteous and inviolable, and that what God most hates is people who engage in promiscuity and who have unclear boundaries between men and women. She knew that if she made a mistake in her relations with men, then she would be stained forever, and she would be condemned, hated and cursed by God, she would lose the testimony of a Christian and would lose the salvation of God. Jingru knew that the moment she took one step toward Wang Wei, then she would be utterly lost. Faced with this situation, Jingru felt unprecedented fear and unease. She thought that not only could she not do anything that would offend God’s disposition, but she must also respect Wang Wei’s marriage. Wang Wei was no longer the boy in the schoolyard who had pursued her, but was now a man with a family, a wife and children. If she took a wrong step now, she would destroy someone else’s family, and become the shameful other woman. God’s words of judgment caused a God-fearing heart to arise within Jingru. Mustering up all her strength, she threw off Wang Wei’s hand, and said coldly, “It’s too late. Take me home!”

“After all these years, why do you still keep me out? Can’t I even comfort you?” said Wang Wei unhappily.

“You’ve misunderstood. I’m not keeping you out. I’m respecting you, because you have a family. You have to think of them,” replied Jingru calmly.

But Wang Wei pressed Jingru, saying, “And if I divorced? Would you give me a chance then? I’m not just saying this on the spur of the moment!”

This question made Jingru’s heart surge again, and she didn’t know what to say. She just silently prayed to God in her heart: “O God! Please protect my heart and keep me from doing anything that would offend Your disposition.” After she’d prayed, she thought of these words of God which say: “Their words nourish your heart and captivate you so that you become disoriented and without realizing it, you are sucked in and willing to be of service to them, be their outlet as well as their servant. You have no complaints at all but are willing to be at their disposal—you are deceived by them” (“Your Character Is So Lowly!”). God’s words once again awakened Jingru, and she knew that the surging in her heart was because she was falling under the control of evil lusts; this was Satan putting its cunning scheme into action to seduce her, to make her live in sin and lose the testimony of a Christian, and to make her sink into physical lust and become more and more degenerate and corrupt. Therefore, she knew that she must have discernment, and must see through Satan’s cunning scheme. Wang Wei was already married—that was a fact—and Jingru knew that she could not be deceived into losing her reason because of some passing sweet words. If she really did take a wrong step and say some wrong things, then she would become Satan’s fool, she would be serving as Satan’s outlet and she would become the disgraceful other woman; the outcome would be a broken family, endless pain for Wang Wei’s wife and children, and she herself would be irreparably stained before God—the consequences were unthinkable.

As she came to this realization, Jingru steadied her feelings, and calmly replied: “Don’t be silly. Even if you did divorce, we would still just be friends. I took what you said to be a joke. Take me home.” Wang Wei saw Jingru’s resolute attitude, and said no more.

At last, they arrived back at Jingru’s door, and as Jingru was just about to get out of the car, Wang Wei went to hold her hand again, but she quickly got out and hurried to her door. After she got inside, she lay down on her bed. She couldn’t calm her heart for a long while, thinking of what had just happened, and she was filled with all kinds of feelings: Had it not been for God’s protection, she really wouldn’t have been able to hold herself up in the face of Wang Wei’s sincere confession, consideration and comfort, and she could perhaps have done something ugly that was immoral and that would have destroyed someone else’s family. Even more serious was that she would have fallen into emotional temptation, offended God’s disposition, lost the testimony of a Christian, and been left with an unforgivable transgression that she would have regretted for the rest of her life. Jingru truly began to appreciate how important God’s words were to her, as they had not only enabled her to gain God’s protection when faced with temptation, but they had also enabled her to stay cool-headed and sensible in speech and deed, and to live out a normal humanity. This experience brought Jingru feelings of ease and enjoyment, and she couldn’t help but thank and praise God from her heart: It was God’s protection that allowed her to overcome the temptations of Satan and stand witness as a Christian. And so she went before God to say a prayer of gratitude, and then she went to sleep. https://reurl.cc/88Dpy