He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds. He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names.
~ Psalms 147:3,4 (King James Version)
"Hey, do you think that you could teach me to take pictures like these?"
Jasmine could tell that her simple request had thrilled Michael Evans, and it had started them on the sometimes-rocky road of friendship and something much more that they had begun to travel together.
At the beginning of one of those rockier occasions, Jasmine had asked Michael to teach her something else.
Referring to the names of the stars, she asked, "Can you teach them to me?"
But it was the third time that she had made the request that really made the difference – all the difference, actually – in her life.
Referring to asking the Lord for His forgiveness, she asked Michael with a small smile, "Will you teach me to do that, too?"
Michael grinned and Jasmine knew that she had just made his day. "Yeah. Yeah." He laughed a little. "Hey, it's a lot easier than astronomy lessons."
Jasmine grinned back at him. They leaned towards each other and kissed quickly before she said, "Thank you."
"For what?"
She shook her head a little. "For being you."
Mike lowered his head before lifting their hands, clasped in one another's. And in the next few minutes, Jasmine turned her life over to the Lord. And having Michael with her in that moment also went a huge way towards solidifying her relationship with him.
Jasmine raised her head after her prayer, wiping a tear from her eye, and was surprised to see that Michael's eyes were swimming as well.
She smiled. "I am forgiven, Michael. I am!"
Michael burst out laughing, whether from happiness or her expression Jasmine didn't know or care. "Thank you, Lord!" he called out.
"Michael," she asked, as the thought occurred to her. "Can you teach me that Bible verse that you quoted on the school roof? And everything else too? I want to know everything, every verse."
"Of course." Michael squeezed her hand, neither one of them was able to stop grinning. "I'll do the best that I can."
"We can learn together then." Jasmine said.
Sorry that this is so short. It's the second in a trilogy of one-shots about Mike and Jasmine - the "You and Me Trilogy." Yeah, inspired name, I know. Anyway, the trilogy itself was inspired by the Sanctus Real song, "Lead Me." Please review! Thanks so much! Keep an eye out for the final story in the trilogy, "Lead Me.":)