private struggles

Flanders Nickels suddenly discovers a girl in his high school who is dressed in blue jeans and long-sleeved blue shirt and vest, and he falls for her instantly.  Her name is ‘Se Marier Clark,’ and she is as pretty as her outfit.  But her presence conflicts with two wars against himself that he is fighting in his head.  And he must keep his mind off of her.  And he most certainly must not ask her out.  But she kind of likes him.  And he gives in and goes on a date with her at home, and she goes on to share with him her wisdom as a born-again believer.  And his two wars are resolved in his private life to the glory of Christ.

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