Jean awoke first and for a moment she forgot where she was. A moment of panic set in as she realized she was not in her own bedroom and that she was naked. As Lisa moved gently next to her, it all came back to her. She lay there for a moment feeling guilt and remorse. While it felt so wonderful, she did feel she had committed a terrible sin.
Her thoughts were interrupted when Lisa said, "Hi, sleeping beauty." Jean blushed at the compliment and replied, "Hi yourself."
Jean lay motionless as the pastor's wife lightly caressed her arm. The room was quiet when Lisa said, "Are you, ok?"
Jean took a breath and said, "Lisa, I love you and I love what we did, but right now I am feeling guilty about what happened. We are both married women and we both know that what we did is, uhh you know, not natural."
Lisa waited and replied, "Not natural? What we felt, what we shared was very natural for two people who care for, who love each other. I felt a bit of guilt at first but then realized that what we shared was beautiful and right."
Jean objected, "But the Bible,..."
"I know what the Bible says, but are you sure that those ritualistic rules apply to us, or were they written for a culture some four thousand years ago? I'm thinking that maybe those rules were meant for others and not for people today."
Jean was quiet for a moment and then said, "OK, I'm not sure you are right, but let's assume for a minute you are right, what would our husbands say?
Lisa replied, "I don't know, but then again I'm not going to find out." She giggled as she completed her thought.