Fumble

Mia is a very down-to-earth church girl, but it wasn’t always this way. She grew up in a no-nonsense Christian church that taught strictly about morals and values. The kind of church where the attire for women was long skirts or dresses. The choir’s attire was white shirts and black bottoms as a uniform, in place of robes. Yes, Mia had attended more than her share of church meetings, from bible class, to praise and worship, to revivals, and conventions. Mia, now 30, has started to feel the pressure of her internal time clock. Those around her seemed to watch every changing second. Being a young lady in the church presented its own challenges. Since, she didn’t believe in pre-marital sex, guys who weren’t in church, although they might find her attractive and ask her out for a while, were not really interested in a sexless relationship.She began to feel like Thumbelina, who because of her unusually tiny size felt that she did not measure up to other girls. Mia could also relate to her feelings of being pressured to settle for someone she didn’t want. Yet she knew that there was someone out there for her and that she would meet him someday. She only wandered what was taking so long. Mia prayed much like she did at other times for God’s help in this area. Who knew that Mia’s prayers were about to be answered?Because of prior disappointments with relationships, Mia tried not to be excited about her chance encounter with Mitch, a man that was too perfectly handsome to be true. What were the chances of a biracial NFL football player and a down- home church girl making it? The sanity of their relationship will be compromised by two individual forces. The forces they encounter will cause them to learn the qualities of love, forgiveness, and trust, or the opposite.Does it matter to God who we marry? Do people meet by chance or is it fate? Is there a greater plan for our lives than we know? How does the person we marry fit into that plan? In a world where people get divorced over differences in meal choices, can marriages last? Read more to find what’ the fate of their relationship?