Saturday, October 14, 2006

to do things in purity

Colombia
Prison
He was a bad man
killing
hurting
stealing
gangs
drugs
just a normal part of his life
Therefore
Prison

Good? or Bad?

3 days into being in Prison
He finds something
something he would have never found outside
Hope
Life
Christ

Prison life is hard
He lives in the second most violent prison in the country
On average 17 men a day die
in this prison

But there is a Bible Institute
He changes
He loves
He hopes
He knows the Truth

14 years later
He's out

The first thing he wants to do: is marry the Mother of his children
He loves her soooooooooooo much
He's not exactly sure why... but he loves her

She denies him

Yet, he is persistent

Yet, he waits

It doesn't make sense

He has been in prison for a VERY long time
but he has decided that he will not do anything
until he marries his love

He asks her again
Denying himself any pleasure
Anything she wants to give him right now
He says... I want to marry you

She agrees

In Colombia in order to "legally" marry
the husband must first present to the money to the courts
an outrageous amount of money

When accepted he must them bring in the bride
To make the commitment final

He pays
He calls on his bride to come
She does not answer his call

Time is up... the money is lost

Once again he finds his bride
O, how he loves her

Please, marry me
I love you
Wont you love me?

she agrees

He pays
He calls on his bride to come
She does not answer his call

Yet he still waits... he waits on his bride
He has no option but to remain pure
He will not give up
No matter how long he must wait
He will continue to pay and continue to wait

No comments: