Though they had crossed paths on numerous occasions, nothing that would usually transpire between two adults in this game of attraction happened. It was mostly mutual respect. Besides even if they were the type to be weak enough to fall for such carnal animalistic instincts, they were way too busy saving the world. Combine that with their vow to make it to marriage without losing their purity. It would take an act of well, God to bring them together.
As luck would have it, apparently, he did want them to be together. Well, if you believe their version of things. As such, it is the only version I have so I’m forced to relay it to you. At one of my mother’s many prayer sit-ins, my dad just happened to not be doing something. Being so devoted to his cause in life, naturally, where else would he be spending a weekend if not studying and then having an all night prayer pow-wow with fellow believers. So to the hall my mom had secured for the sit-in he went.
Nothing out of the ordinary happened. No side glances. No smiles passed. No courting of the normal kind. In fact, he studied and then joined everyone praying from midnight until sunrise. It was during the morning devotions that things got interesting. My mom was giving a very impassioned speech on how to rescue people from homosexual addiction, and it turned into a question and answer discussion that got very, interesting. I can’t say heated because my mom didn’t allow real arguments. She ran a tight ship. One of those people who said her word wasn’t law, even though it was, and somehow managed to make you believe. This resulted in people just going along for the ride of her thought train like a mindless slave, completely oblivious that they were indeed her slave.
My dad started giving some answers, and before they even knew what happened, they were double-teaming. Weeding out all opposition to their views. And somehow managing to not only convince the students of their wrongness but get them on their team with minimal effort—believing in their own misguidedness. Some even begging for forgiveness for their evil thoughts. They both say that in that moment they knew that God was most definitely speaking to them, and there was no way they could not be together.
It wasn’t long before the courtship started. Their dates involved meetings and studying with other psych majors. Going to church. Watching made for Christian movies and evangelising. Basically, the type of stuff that is completely safe and wouldn’t lead them down the sinful path of discovering if they are sexually compatible.
After a whole year of this, my dad finally popped the question. My mom said yes, and the rest is history. The wedding actually had a sermon instead of the typical do you take this man/woman, you may kiss the bride, till death do us part stuff. Apparently in their minds, even though they had no non-Christian friends, there was a possibility someone in the building might be straying, and as such there was an opportunity to stop someone from continuing off the path of God. Blah blah blah. This is too boring to continue with so I won't.
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