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Previous Challenge Entry (Level 2 – Intermediate)
Topic: BRIDE (02/25/21)
Truly Benevolent

A virgin of one score and ten years, she was immensely benevolent in her giving to help the poor and distressed. This would be her third missionary cruise to South America. She slept soundly in the berth while others chatted away about the state of the people in Guatemala. They were in dire need of personal cleaning supplies and fresh water. The schools were in dire need of books and a meal program to feed the children breakfast and lunch. She looked like an angelic being with her beryl necklace hung around her long neck. She was as gracious as the most elegant swan. Helping others is what she was born to do. She had answered God’s amazing call on her life: to give herself sacrificially; to give her love, her time, and even her money to support the livelihood of God’s people. She once gave a cold, homeless, woman her brand new plaid colored coat that her sister had bought her for her birthday. She was the epitome of heavenly love and devotion. For, she was fully committed to her call in this life. She dutifully attended church services every Sunday morning and every Wednesday night unless some terrible disaster impeded her. She attended whatever services the church would be offering no matter what day of the week the church event was scheduled upon. She had no time for any other love affairs. Her church events, Missions’ trips, and charity gatherings took up most of her time. For, she was the president of the “Meals for the Poor” charity in her hometown of Coopersville. She was one of the many that happily proclaimed and accepted her marriage to Jesus Christ and dedicated her whole self to the things of the Lord. I Corinthians 7:34-There is a difference between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married careth for the things of the world, how she may please her husband. Titus 3:8-This is a faithful saying, and these things I will that thou affirm constantly, that they which have believed in God might be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable unto men.
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John Custer
03/05/21
If you broke the article into paragraphs, it would be easier to follow and determine the purpose of the article. Certainly, I admire people who are fully committed to Christ and ministry.
Ramona Cook 
03/09/21
Your article is a beautiful report.

I do agree that breaking into short paragraphs is a better and more readable format.
Gloria Pierre Dean
03/10/21
My question is whether this is a true story?

I agree that paragraphs would have made a huge difference. Thanks for sharing that beautiful testimony.
Arlene Baker
03/12/21
This story has "good bones" with a lot of potential. Here, however, the reader is simply told many facts. Pull the reader into the story with emotion. Get the reader to feel what the MC feels, to smell what the MC smells. Learn to substitute passive verbs with active. The pace of the story will pick up and keep the reader propelled forward to a satisfying conclusion.