HAVE-A-KLEENEX-READY-LOVE-STORY

Moses Mendelssohn, the grandfather of the well-known composer, was far from being handsome. Along with a rather short stature, he had a grotesque hunchback.

One day he visited a merchant in Hamburg who had a lovely daughter named Frumtje. Moses fell hopelessly in love with her. But Frumtje was repulsed by his misshapen appearance.

When it came time for him to leave, Moses decided to speak to her one last time, gathered his courage, and went to the room where she was sitting. He thought she was a vision of heavenly beauty. But she refused to even look at him, let alone speak to him, and his heart was filled with sadness.

"Do you believe marriages are made in heaven?" he asked.

"Yes," she answered, looking at the floor. "And do you?"

"Yes, I do," he replied. "You see, in heaven, at the birth of each baby boy, the Lord announces which girl he will marry. When I was born, my future bride was pointed out to me. Then the Lord added, 'But your wife will be humpbacked.' Right then and there I called out, 'Oh, Lord, a humpbacked woman would be a tragedy. Please, Lord, give me the hump and let her be beautiful.'"

Then Frumtje looked up into his eyes, reached out, and gave Mendelssohn her hand.

Later, she became his devoted wife.

Ah. A Christian love story!

Thanks to novelist DiAnn Mills for finding this beautiful story and sharing it.

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