Free She Who Finds a Husband by E.N. Joy Page A

good friend’s opinions, she never took heed to that one.
    â€œWell, if it ain’t the pot calling the kettle black,” Tamarra shot at Paige after hearing her slip up about God placing a man in her life. “You hounding me about keeping my date with Maeyl from you, and here you are holding out on me. So spill it. Who is he, what’s his name, and more importantly, how do you know God sent him?”
    Paige cleared her throat. The same smile that had been on Tamarrra’s face when she made eye contact with Maeyl just a few minutes ago was now on her face as she thought back about her movie date with Blake.
    â€œHis name is Blake,” Paige confessed. “He’s in the real estate profession, and I just know in my spirit it was a divine set up that he came into my life.”
    â€œKeep it coming,” Tamarra insisted.
    â€œI just met him a couple of days ago, but I feel like I’ve known him a lifetime. The same way I felt when I first met you.”
    â€œDon’t try to butter me up now that you’re busted.”
    â€œSeriously,” Paige stated. “I was destined to meet this man, Tamarra.” Paige had the most sincere look in her eyes as she explained to Tamarra how she came about going to see the movie with Blake. “So what do you think?” Paige asked Tamarra. “Do you agree that this man could possibly be the one? Sent from God?” Paige’s tone was more than genuine and so was the look on her face as she waited for a reply. If there was ever a time when Paige couldn’t trust her own instincts, she truly valued Tamarra’s all the same.
    Tamarra had been saved since she was twenty-five, and had been committed to church since then, which is why Paige was so drawn to the older woman. As a babe in Christ, Paige wanted to connect with someone who could mentor her; who could help wean her from spiritual milk to meat. What Paige really admired about Tamarra was that she wasn’t one of those people who thought that just because she was saved she had an automatic go-straight-to-heaven pass. Tamarra made every effort to walk in the Word and not only be committed to the church, but first and foremost, to be committed to the Lord.
    Paige would often, and still did on occasion, call Tamarra up and ask her to explain certain scriptures of the Bible. Tamarra knew the Word like the back of her hand it seemed, but in all humility, Tamarra would admit to Paige that it was the Holy Spirit giving her revelation of the Word at the very moment she’d spoken it to Paige. Either way, Paige knew that God was using Tamarra to help her in her own walk.
    â€œEither way it goes, I’m happy for you, Paige,” Tamarra concluded. “I mean, you made it through one whole date without finding a flaw. But then again, that was a date in the dark, in the movie theatre where you can’t talk to each other anyway.”
    â€œSo do you think he could be my husband, placed right there in my lap by God?”
    Tamarra thought for a minute, and then shrugged. “I don’t know. Go on a date with him in a well-lit place where the two of you can hold a real conversation, then ask me.”
    â€œWell, that will be sooner than you think. I’m having lunch with him on my day off this week.” Paige smiled. “I guess that prayer about God placing men in our lives that Sister Deborah prayed at the last Singles Ministry meeting worked.” Just then her smile faded when she remembered something. “But enough of us talking about these new men in our lives like we’re back in high school or something. We need to do a drive by to Sister Deborah’s and see why she wasn’t in church today.”
    â€œYeah,” Tamarra agreed in a worried tone. “It’s not like Sister Deborah to miss church on a Sunday, especially the first Sunday. Communion Sunday. If everything was all right, she’d be here.”
    â€œWhich can