I remembered years ago, while I was enjoying sipping my cup of hot chocolate in one of my fave coffee shop, I saw an older couple - a man with a cane and a white-haired women, walking hand in hand. It was a beautiful reminder that while our culture glorifies youthful romance, true love has many stages during our journey through life. Paul's great essay in 1 Corinthians 13 celebrates the depth & tenacity of the love that carries us beyond self-interest & mere affection. ( Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoice in the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails.)
When our commitments are tested in the fires of life, no matter what difficulties we face, may God grant us a greater experience of His enduring love and the grace to demonstrate it each day.
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