Let us celebrate love…
Not in candy hearts or diamond rings,
colorful cards or fluffy bears
Not in fragrant roses or sunset serenades,
candlelit dinners or starlit dancing
Not in passionate kisses or tender touches,
Not in butterflies and sparks
But grounded, steady love,
forged in commitment and constancy
communication and compromise
forgiveness and grace—
oh, so much grace.
Let us celebrate love…
In our imperfect stumbling
toward sacrifice and selflessness
In the hurt and the healing
and the road in between
In tears that just won’t stop
and the tissues that soak them up
In poopy diapers and sleepless nights
In cancer diagnoses and hospital visits
and in the grief that is love persevering
In hands joined in prayer
and feet that run—
just to be with
the hurting and broken
and bind up their wounds.
Let us celebrate love…
That is patient and kind
That fights—
through the differences and disagreements
and puts in the work it takes
to bring two lives together
That lasts until the wrinkles show up
—and far beyond.
That has weathered
fire and rain
joy and pain
abundance and lack
sickness and health
That walks through the shadow of death
and casts out fear.
Love that would love
at our most unlovable
Love that points to the greatest Love—
who would choose
over Heaven’s splendor
an old rugged cross.
Let us celebrate Love.
"God is love... There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love. We love because he first loved us." 1 John 4:16-19 (ESV)
Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 (ESV)
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