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Old 01-31-2013, 01:53 PM
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Well, if she trusted the pastor's judgment more than her own, she wasn't really marriage material.
Uh oh......now you gone and done it........
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Well, if she trusted the pastor's judgment more than her own, she wasn't really marriage material.
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I was in a church where the pastor told a young lady not to marry me after she had already said yes.
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So, did she marry you anyway?
No, they've been shacked up ever since.
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The Pastor WAS right. BE just didn't know it at the time.
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Well, if she trusted the pastor's judgment more than her own, she wasn't really marriage material.
agreed
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The Pastor WAS right. BE just didn't know it at the time.
sure, you could put it in that perspective I guess.
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no, she took the pastors advice. Thats okay though, God gave me a wonderful wife and son anyway.
Your lucky (which of course you already know). I wouldn't want to marry someone who listens to her pastor over husband -not that you were her husband yet, but I think you know where I am going with this.
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My church says we are the only true church. Of course we baptize in Jesus name and are filled with the holy ghost evidenced by speaking in tongues as we are the Apostolic Amish. But if you drive a car and have a flush toilet and a coffee table, which people gossip over, you are certainly going to hell in a handbasket.
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Well, if she trusted the pastor's judgment more than her own, she wasn't really marriage material.
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I typed my response before I read yours and see we both said exactly the same thing.
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