Thursday, November 8, 2007

Soulmates!

I read an article today in relevant magazine that totally opened my eyes. It was about this man and women between the ages of 70 and 80 and the love that radiated between them even after all those years.
They pulled into a parking spot out in front of a local coffee shop. The man opened his door first and very slowly went around to the back of the car and popped the trunk. From it he pulled a folded up wheel chair. He unfolded it and wheeled it around to the passenger side. After helping his beloved so gently into the chair he bent down and gave her the sweetest kiss, as if they were newlyweds.
This story was told from a young man sitting in the coffee shop observing all of this. As he sat there and observed this he couldn't help but think of all of the stories they must have. Stories of the wedding, the kids, going off to war, returning from war, the hard times they must've gone through, and the great moments they shared, and how there love for one another continued to grow with every passing day.
I know so many times in my life i think that if i don't pray each morning or read my bible each day then i am separated from God's love, but the bible says that nothing can separate us from the Father's love. at the love that is shown between the elderly man and his wife and how their love is still so fresh and true, and i know that kind of love only comes from one person, and that person is God. They individually received the love of God and then allowed that love to overflow onto one another.

three things will last forever- faith, hope, and love-
and the greatest of these is love.
1 Corinthians 13:13

2 comments:

Monica Hunt said...

Oh wow...that is such a beautiful story :)

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