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Hi, my name is Kristin. I want to share\u00a0 a story with you about a friend of mine<\/p>

I met Shannon because her boyfriend Al was good friends with my husband Jack. Al was a groomsman at our wedding, and Shannon came along as his plus one.<\/p>

She knew that we were Christians, she said to Al, \u2018Listen, if they put me at a table with a bunch of Christians who try to talk to me about God stuff, I\u2019ll tell them I\u2019m a Hindu!\u2019<\/p>

Needless to say, Al told Jack, and Jack told me. and I thought: \u2018 message received, no God stuff. So, I\u2019ll focus on being a friend and see what happens.\u2019 Fast forward to last fall, when Jack and I were able to visit them in their new home.<\/p>

And out of nowhere, in the middle of dinner, Shannon announces, \u2018You guys know that we still talk all the time about what the pastor said at your wedding.\u2019 His message about I forgive you being more important to a marriage than I love you had really stuck with them and had an impact on their relationship that they were able to share with us. And the next day she started asking us loads of questions about church.<\/p>

Having these conversations with Shannon was a great reminder for me that people who seem uninterested can become curious. That they are listening when you talk.<\/p>

Because Jack and I focused on being a friend to her and continued showing up for her in her life, we were the ones she would turn to when she had a question.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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