James Ford Jr. - When a Man Loves a Woman: Pursuing Her Heart

when a
man
loves
a woman

Pursuing Her Heart

J AMES F ORD J R.

M OODY P UBLISHERS
CHICAGO

2004, 2011 by
J AMES F ORD J R.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Ford, James, 1951
When a man loves a woman: pursuing her heart / by James Ford, Jr.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references
ISBN 978-0-8024-6838-3
1. MenReligious Life. 2. LoveReligious AspectsChristianity.
3. Men-women relationshipsReligious aspectsChristianity. I. Title.

BV4440.F67 2004
248.8425dc22 2004009699

1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2

Printed in the United States of America

This book is dedicated to my wife, Leslie Ann Ford.
She is my 12th Rose and the inspiration behind the writing of it.
She is my faithful friend, loyal confidante, dutiful wife,
loving mother, extraordinary grandmother,
and the sole object of my affection. I thank God for her.

JACOB WENT on his journey and came to the land of the people of the East. And he looked, and saw a well in the field; and behold, there were three flocks of sheep lying by it; for out of that well they watered the flocks. A large stone was on the wells mouth. Now all the flocks would be gathered there; and they would roll the stone from the wells mouth, water the sheep, and put the stone back in its place on the wells mouth.

And Jacob said to them, My brethren, where are you from? And they said, We are from Haran. Then he said to them, Do you know Laban the son of Nahor? And they said, We know him. So he said to them, Is he well? And they said, He is well. And look, his daughter Rachel is coming with the sheep.

Then he said, Look, it is still high day; it is not time for the cattle to be gathered together. Water the sheep, and go and feed them. But they said, We cannot until all the flocks are gathered together, and they have rolled the stone from the wells mouth; then we water the sheep.

Now while he was still speaking with them, Rachel came with her fathers sheep, for she was a shepherdess. And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mothers brother, and the sheep of Laban his mothers brother, that Jacob went near and rolled the stone from the wells mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mothers brother. Then Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice and wept. And Jacob told Rachel that he was her fathers relative and that he was Rebekahs son. So she ran and told her father.

Then it came to pass, when Laban heard the report about Jacob his sisters son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him and kissed him, and brought him to his house. So he told Laban all these things. And Laban said to him, Surely you are my bone and my flesh. And he stayed with him for a month. Genesis 29:114 NKJV