Owe no one anything, except to love one another. Romans 13:8
Yesterday was my wedding anniversary, and not one single day has passed that I haven’t loved him. I’m pretty sure I loved him the first time I saw him… even if he was with that other girl. I was really glad to find out later that she was just a friend of his. Once I got to know him, there was no denying it and ten months after that first sight we were married.
My mother asked me if it felt like he and I have been married twenty-seven years. Nope, it sort of seems like I just met him. All these years have passed, and I still get butterflies when I know he’s coming home from a trip or sometimes when he’s just coming to take me to lunch.
That’s not to say the entire twenty-seven years have been perfect. We have certainly had our fair share of bad decisions, disagreements, and turmoil. It’s just that I have never stopped loving him. In the middle of messes, I still love him. When he makes mistakes, I love him. When I make mistakes, I love him. When we argue, I love him. When life is good, I love him.
I love him because he is truly a part of me. His heart speaks to my heart. He makes me want to be a better person, and I want to share the best of life with him.
As much as I love my husband, though, he is not the love of my life. That spot is reserved for Jesus, the one who teaches me to love in the first place. The one whose love IS perfect. The one who loves me in spite of me.
Paul talks about how we love in his letter to the Romans. Paul has a way of explaining Jesus that just helps me understand. Owe no one anything, except to love one another. What he means is that we are to pay off everything we can – whether that be our debts, our promises, even the giving of our respect – but we can never pay off love because love can never be allowed to end.
Thank you, Jesus, for being the model of Love. Thank you gifting us with your love that never ends and our love that wants to follow your example. Thank you for Paul who helps to make things clear; and thank you for twenty-seven years of learning more about love every day. Amen.
With love,
Pastor Beth
Yesterday was my wedding anniversary, and not one single day has passed that I haven’t loved him. I’m pretty sure I loved him the first time I saw him… even if he was with that other girl. I was really glad to find out later that she was just a friend of his. Once I got to know him, there was no denying it and ten months after that first sight we were married.
My mother asked me if it felt like he and I have been married twenty-seven years. Nope, it sort of seems like I just met him. All these years have passed, and I still get butterflies when I know he’s coming home from a trip or sometimes when he’s just coming to take me to lunch.
That’s not to say the entire twenty-seven years have been perfect. We have certainly had our fair share of bad decisions, disagreements, and turmoil. It’s just that I have never stopped loving him. In the middle of messes, I still love him. When he makes mistakes, I love him. When I make mistakes, I love him. When we argue, I love him. When life is good, I love him.
I love him because he is truly a part of me. His heart speaks to my heart. He makes me want to be a better person, and I want to share the best of life with him.
As much as I love my husband, though, he is not the love of my life. That spot is reserved for Jesus, the one who teaches me to love in the first place. The one whose love IS perfect. The one who loves me in spite of me.
Paul talks about how we love in his letter to the Romans. Paul has a way of explaining Jesus that just helps me understand. Owe no one anything, except to love one another. What he means is that we are to pay off everything we can – whether that be our debts, our promises, even the giving of our respect – but we can never pay off love because love can never be allowed to end.
Thank you, Jesus, for being the model of Love. Thank you gifting us with your love that never ends and our love that wants to follow your example. Thank you for Paul who helps to make things clear; and thank you for twenty-seven years of learning more about love every day. Amen.
With love,
Pastor Beth