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I've been posting about this all over the place for awhiile now, but the more prayer the better, right? I'll try to make a long story (somewhat) short.
About a year and a half ago, I became good friends with a guy I worked with. This spring, we started spending more time together, and I began to think there was a chance that we could be more than friends. When I brought up the idea to him, though, he said he wanted things to stay the same as they were. That was okay by me.....keeping his friendship was better than nothing.
Everything was okay for awhile. Then, he started getting close to another girl we worked with (who was my friend at the time as well). The closer they got, the further he pulled away from me. I couldn't figure out what was wrong, but I blamed myself. I tried everything I could think of to repair our friendship, but whatever I did just seemed to make matters worse. It wasn't until much later that I found out that this other girl had been telling him all sorts of lies and bending the truth about me (and other people) in order to focus all his attention on herself.
Her plan worked; they started dating in the fall. Three weeks later, he left for boot camp, and he left hating me. I'd found out that his girlfriend had told other people some personal stuff about him, and I thought he should know. He reacted by getting mad at me...at least, I think he did, because he refused to speak to me after that.
He's back home now, but only for about two or three more days. I really wanted a chance to make him see the truth, but I don't know how likely that is at this point. I sent him a quick e-mail a few days ago, just saying welcome back and wishing him well, but I didn't get a response. I have a feeling his girlfriend REALLY poisoned his mind against me (she probably told him I was the one who blabbed that personal stuff).
Now for the prayer part: could you please pray that God will open this guy's eyes to the kind of person his girlfriend really is? he used to be such a good person, who really cared about others, but ever since she came into the picture, he's changed. Please help him to see the truth about everything that happened last summer and fall, before their relationship gets any more serious (it'll be harder for him to believe the real story then). I would love to be able to sit him down and tell him everything, but if God has other ideas in mind, that's fine, too. Thank you for praying.....this has been bugging me for a long time now.
Hmmmm.......didn't make this as short as I thought I could!
About a year and a half ago, I became good friends with a guy I worked with. This spring, we started spending more time together, and I began to think there was a chance that we could be more than friends. When I brought up the idea to him, though, he said he wanted things to stay the same as they were. That was okay by me.....keeping his friendship was better than nothing.
Everything was okay for awhile. Then, he started getting close to another girl we worked with (who was my friend at the time as well). The closer they got, the further he pulled away from me. I couldn't figure out what was wrong, but I blamed myself. I tried everything I could think of to repair our friendship, but whatever I did just seemed to make matters worse. It wasn't until much later that I found out that this other girl had been telling him all sorts of lies and bending the truth about me (and other people) in order to focus all his attention on herself.
Her plan worked; they started dating in the fall. Three weeks later, he left for boot camp, and he left hating me. I'd found out that his girlfriend had told other people some personal stuff about him, and I thought he should know. He reacted by getting mad at me...at least, I think he did, because he refused to speak to me after that.
He's back home now, but only for about two or three more days. I really wanted a chance to make him see the truth, but I don't know how likely that is at this point. I sent him a quick e-mail a few days ago, just saying welcome back and wishing him well, but I didn't get a response. I have a feeling his girlfriend REALLY poisoned his mind against me (she probably told him I was the one who blabbed that personal stuff).
Now for the prayer part: could you please pray that God will open this guy's eyes to the kind of person his girlfriend really is? he used to be such a good person, who really cared about others, but ever since she came into the picture, he's changed. Please help him to see the truth about everything that happened last summer and fall, before their relationship gets any more serious (it'll be harder for him to believe the real story then). I would love to be able to sit him down and tell him everything, but if God has other ideas in mind, that's fine, too. Thank you for praying.....this has been bugging me for a long time now.
Hmmmm.......didn't make this as short as I thought I could!
