Love
While for most, this past week meant celebrating Valentine’s Day…it held a another meaning for me. Kathryn and I celebrated our 14th Anniversary. It was an awesome reminder of what love really means to me. I set a goal for myself…I was bound and determined to demonstrate to my wife that I love her, that these last 14 years were wonderful, that she is special…that I am honored to be her husband. So I set out to express these feeling in a tangible way. I was blessed to be able to take her to South Padre Island and stay at a resort there on the beach. She was greeted with a vase full of 14 tulips/iris. We had dinner on a catamaran and watched the sun set over the bay. We rode horses on the beach the next morning. We flew kites on the beach. We saw a matinee in the afternoon. We talked, cried and laughed. We shared moments of passion (benefits of being together for 14 years.) Over all…we had a blast. By the time we returned home…I felt like I had done everything I could think of to express my love for Kathryn. Yet, I still felt like I fell somewhat short. I just seem to always fall shy of my desire to express my love for her…
Many of you are probably wondering why I am taking the time to write these thought s down and putting them in my blog. Well, I have been thinking a lot about how God demonstrated His love for you and for me. While He was here…He washed feet. He made wine out of water at a wedding for a friend in need. He healed the sick. He cast out demons. He even raised people from the dead. But more than all of these…He gave up His place on the throne He lived among us. He allowed us to brutally torture and kill Him. His love for us not only held Him on a cross, but that same love raised Him from the dead. He made sure we had His love letter for/to us (the Bible). After He went back to Heaven to continue the construction project on our eternal home (which, by the way, must be pretty cool if He’s been working on it for at least 2000 years), He sent His Holy Spirit to comfort us, to intercede for us, to fill us with Love…the greatest power of all.
For me…this is a reminder to keep loving and keep expressing my love for Christ and for others on this path of life.
Dude,
That was way mushy…but true. Thanks man, that’s a beautiful picture.
Thomi,
Man you have really raised the “mushy” bar! Sue suffered meltdown and I know she’s now expecting me to reach those same, romantic heights youve described so eloquently. Not sure I’ll ever be able to measure up but I’m proud of you for the way you laid the challenge. Kathryn deserves the best.
joe