2001-02-21 - 3:08 p.m.

Oh, I have some _very_ good news about my DB. A couple of nights ago we had this really excellent talk that left me feeling blessed out of my socks.

We were lying talking, actually being quite sappy (I love it when that happens! Even if he does complain he sounds like some guy out of a cheap chick-flick ) when he told me that I was constantly doing things that made him proud of having me as a girlfriend. I really did not understand that comment, because I don't think I do anything special. Ah, but I was smart, intelligent, did well at uni, good cook, good at showing love for my neighbour... I had been about to say something, but just stopped short at that comment! He sensed this, and continued "Well, in that respect you're actually my role-model." (maybe 'ideal' is a better word - I'm not too sure, and it's the same word in Danish). I was ABSOLUTELY gobsmacked!!! Af all the things he _could_ have said, that was probably the last I had expected, and the one that made me the most happy, as it is really something I strive for. That and then to live so that people either guess I'm a Christian, or at least aren't surprised when they find out. I siad this to my DB, and he asked "Well, aren't those two quite closely connected?" IHHO ('his' instead of 'my) it is more important to show love towards ones neighbour, than to show ones belief. I can see what he means, but retaliated that faith is still the most important, because without that, any good actions would be just that - actions. He agreed "I do believe myself - am just not as active as you." "I am so glad...ehh... I mean... " I suddenly realized it could sound as if I was glad he wasn't active, fortunately he knew what I meant, and just laughed at me, giving me a hug. I then asked him how much of the Bible he believed in (many people only believe in the New Testament). About 90%, both of OT and NT - he viewed it as the most precise historical document of that time. We lay for awhile where I was trying to figure out how to ask what I _really_ wanted to know, but he beat me to it (I LOVE how he can read my mind at times!!!) "If you're asking me if I believe that Jesus is the son of God, then the answer is that I believe I belive it. I don't know for sure, but I think so." THANK YOU LORD!!!!! That was exactly what I wanted to know, but I didn't know how to ask straight out (was too afraid of the answer perhaps?). Silly I know, but I can't _begin_ to tell you how happy I was to hear this from him!!! God is good!

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