As of today, Nancy and I have been married for thirty-three years. Thirty-three years, three sons, two daughters-in-law, and two grandchildren later, it seems that there is still much more to learn about love and marriage. Yet, of these things I am reasonably certain today:
- Love is a gift of God;
- Creation with the capacity to love also has the capacity to begin to see God;
- Love cannot be possessed, neither can it be forced upon another;
- Love is that which allows the heart to perceive the perfection in another;
- Creation with the capacity to love also has the heart to forgive the imperfection in another;
- Love believes in the fullness of unity God places within all things;
- Love hopes for the completeness of soul God intends for creation to share;
- Creation with the capacity to love also has the soul to dwell in unity without distinction;
- Love cannot be extinguished;
- Love will not be forgotten;
- Creation with the capacity to love also has the mind to remember and bear Love's light;
- Love lives beyond human years;
- Love underlies all human undertakings and wisdom;
- Creation with the capacity to love also has the humility to perceive love's eternal nature;
- Love never ends.
It is not a lot that I know about love, but what I know of love I share with you. That Nancy has within her the capacity to love me for so long, in all of my imperfection and weakness, only deepens the faith I have in God to make strong and tender the love I pray to share with her into whatever future we may journey. Praise God for the simplicity and splendor of love, ever unfolding before us, in us, and through us, like the opening of a lily on Easter morn!
Your servant in Christ,
Pastor Don
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