A STORY ABOUT FAITH (adapted)

A girl was raped in Marikina (a city in Manila), teenage girl about 17 had gone to visit some friends one evening and time passed quickly as each shared their various experiences of the past year. She ended up staying longer than planned, and had to walk home alone. She wasn't afraid because it was a small town and she lived only a few blocks away.

As she walked along under the tall elm trees, She asked God to keep her safe from harm and danger. When she reached the alley, which was a short cut to her house, she decided to take it.

However, halfway down the alley she noticed a man standing at the end as though he were waiting for her. She became uneasy and began to pray, asking for God's protection. Instantly a comforting feeling of quietness and security wrapped round her, she felt as though someone was walking with her.

When she reached the end of the alley, she walked right past the man and arrived home safely. The following day, she read in the newspaper that a young girl had been raped in the same alley just twenty minutes after she had been there. Feeling overwhelmed by this tragedy and the fact that it could have been her, she began to weep.

Thanking the Lord for her safety and to help this young woman, she decided to go to the police station. She felt she could recognize the man, so she told them her story. The police asked her if she would be willing to look at a lineup to see if she could identify him. She agreed and immediately pointed out the man she had seen in the alley the night before.

When the man was told he had been identified, he immediately broke down and confessed. The officer thanked her for her bravery and asked if there was anything they could do for her. She asked if they would ask the man one question. She was curious as to why he had not attacked her.

When the policeman asked him, he answered, "Because she wasn't alone. She had two tall men walking on either side of her."

Amazingly, whether you believe or not, you're never alone. Did you know that 98% of teenagers will not stand up for God?

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Writer's Comment

This is a re-post and I didnt write this but i think its something nice to share.

A LOVE STORY MADE IN ENGLAND

It’s a story about love, passion and somehow we can say insanity. In a deeper sense we can say it tells more about trust and faith and behind it all, sensuality describes all in it. She happened to meet a stranger and struck to fall in love leaving everything that she got behind including her career, her relationship and entire life. Its about falling in love with the person that you barely know and making it happen in a strike of a lightning, loaded with love and passion and hunger for intimacy.
All for the sake of love, she will give up everything just to be with the one she genuinely love. Its about living a brand new life in a brand new world with a brand new love. Everything seemed to be perfect but love cannot survive alone as trust must come along to make it stronger and resistant to any kind of destruction. When we love somebody we tend to give up everything and its simply crazy but fulfilling.
Somehow when we think about our past, we tend to be cautious with what’s ahead of us but we let things happen as we trust in love alone. Somehow its magic to meet someone and fall in love right away as if everything has taken its places all at the same time. We close our eyes and see nothing but the good of the one we love making us blinded throughout but as we open it, we see the clearer and realistic vision . Trust keeps us going as we deal with reality, going into a process of knowing the person that we chose to be with and loving them at all the worst and best that they can be and eventually turn trust into faith.

I’ve watched this film entitled ‘Killing Me Softly’ in 2003 and since then, casts Joseph Fiennes and Heather Graham became my favourite actors.Giving credit to its director Chen Kaige for outstanding shots and cinematography, the actors did the greatest job by making it sensually realistic and stunning behind it all. It’s a well written plot and the twists are effectively playing on artistically-shot scenes. One of my favourite part of this is when Adam (joseph fiennes) and Alice (heather graham) went to their honeymoon in a secluded countryside. It was so far the most romantic sex scene that I’ve ever seen when Adam had this long silk garment (I forgot what its called like but its like a long scarf) tied around Alice’s neck to the ceiling and back to his hands. This is a symbolism of faith and trust to the one we love. And yeah! the love scenes are fantastically stimulating.

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Did you hurt him just because somebody hurt you?
You cant be with him even just as friends because you decided to be alone.
When all he wanted was to stay around and see you from a distance.
And he wanted nothing else but your happiness and show you more about life other than pain and misery.
As he made himself a good listener and comforter despite of possibly having the same fate.

Did you push him away to do things that he doesn’t do and be someone that he is not just because you didn’t care at all?
You called him obsessed when he loves you in silence and did nothing else.
And he chose to be still and say nothing because he knew you were vulnerable and you pain was hurting and your wounds were not healed.
You wanted him to loosen when he was never heavy.
And you didn’t realise you have hurt him as what other s did to you.

Would you continue looking at him same as the people who hurt you that’s why you wanted him to suffer?
You drove him out and mess up his life when he just wanted to stay safe with you.
And you disrespected him as he kept his admiration.
You cared for yourself without thinking that he may have cared for you more.

Can’t friendship exist on top of loving?
Can’t someone love without being loved in return?
Can’t it be a one-way thing?
Can’t love be unconditional?