My weekly writings and Sunday sermons all start from the same place. I pray and ask God what He would have me say and then I wait. Does God give me an audible answer? Most often than not it is no. What does happen is that someone contacts me with a question. They have something they are dealing with and are looking for an answer. I talk with them and show them what the Bible says and give them my advice. That encounter usually translates into this column or my message on Sunday morning.

That now brings us to this week. I was approached and asked by a young lady for advice on a very seri...