A Perfect Match

As I look at the beautiful wedding band on my left hand I am almost overcome with gladness. There was a time when you couldn't have convinced me that my life would become as fulfilled as it has. Let me tell you the story.

I was born thirty years ago. From my first true awareness, I knew that something was wrong. I had a male body, but a female mind. After years of fighting off that internal knowledge I started to live as a trans-sexual. I changed my name from Carl to Carla and settled in a small city about an hour away from where I grew up. I found that to be exceedingly difficult. I'd begin to get serious about a guy, and when he found out about my problem he'd split.

Sometimes the guy would simply walk out and sometimes I would get a few punches thrown at me. I was reaching my limit of endurance. Life seemed so empty. In desperation I contacted Robert; the old senior pastor of my church. He was a kindly old man, and I strongly suspected that he was not judgmental..

I called him and made an appointment to sit and talk. I arrived at his office right on time.

"Hello, Carla, you seemed to be very concerned about something when you called me. Come on in and have a seat."

I walked in and closed the door behind me.

"Do you really want to close the door? After all, we don't want to start rumors." he said with a smile.

"Yes, Pastor Joe. I need to speak in absolute secrecy. I am heavily burdened by a problem that I think may be insurmountable."

"Carla, there are no insurmountable problems for God. Let's pray first. Heavenly Father, we ask for Your Spirit's presence to allow our communications to be clear and allow our understanding to be as You would have it. We ask this in Jesus name. Amen"

Now, how about you tell me the problem."

"Will you promise that you will not share a word of what I am going to say to anyone, including your wife?"

"Of course. You can trust me. You've known me for years and your beautiful voice has really helped our chior."