House for sale
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n the meantime I had contacted John in connection with the unavoidable sale of our house. It was clear that John had been unable to provide any maintenance and had completely lost himself in alcohol and drugs. On the urgent advice of a friend, he voluntarily admitted himself to a clinic. I visited him there in the hope that he would agree to the sale. I was shocked by his appearance. We couldn't talk about the sale of our house. Unfinished business we went home. It had first entered my heart again to pray for John, how could he have let himself sink so far? It didn't let go of me.At that time I also visited an Israel meeting of a befriended couple from Israel. He had spoken several times in our municipality De Banier. For years he had been Pastor of the Garden Tomb in Jerusalem and was now director of a worldwide foundation. He had heard of our divorce and from then on he avoided all contact with me.However, his wife came to me this evening and told me about the divorce of her own parents and the sadness about it. She asked me if she could pray for us, which I found hard to refuse.On the hard cold stones of that church she knelt before me and began to beg God to restore our marriage. At some distance I saw our youngest son, who I had come with that evening, watching this spectacle, and I wondered what his thoughts were?
This dear friend's heartfelt prayer would remain in my memory forever. I went home with a multitude of questions and thoughts.
