Another Test of Love - Would You Still Love Her ?

After been married to Mark for thirty- seven years, Hellen's terrible past caught up with her. She could no longer hide her secrets of the past from her husband because her sins had already found her out. Below is her confession.

"I was fourteen when it happened. My parents were devastated and so ashamed of me. Their main concern was that no one find out about the pregnancy, so they sent me to live with my aunt Clara for six months. The baby was a girl. I held her for only a few minutes and then surrendered her to the nurse. I never saw her again."

Then, he she continued, "After I met you, you became everything to me and I was terrified that you could never truly love me if you really knew me. I have lived a lie all these years by not telling you. I had hoped to keep up the lie for the rest of my life. But that hope died two nights ago. I got a phone call. It was my daughter, she's been searching for me and now she has found me. What am I going to do?
Mark took her in his arms again and held her tightly for several minutes. "God has forgiven you, Hellen. And so do I."

In the days and weeks that followed, Mark and Hellen shared Hellen's story with their adult children and as Mark modeled his love for Hellen, the children followed their father's example. They encouraged their mother and comforted her as she revealed her past pain to them.
One night as Leslie and Joe got into bed, she said, "Joe, you know my greatest failures, yet your love covers me. I feel clean, safe and accepted. I don't feel the disgrace anymore. I never dreamed that I could feel this safe."