Wanting to read something about love and “feel good” words this morning for QT, here is what I got… 
“What causes fights and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from your desires that battle within you? You want something but don’t get it… You do not have, because you do not ask God. When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures…”
I admire this family that is just about perfect in my eyes. The father is Godly, upright and a church leader who is also down to earth. The mother fears the Lord and prays diligently but enjoys running around with her kids, coupled with laughter. The children are God-fearing and obedient, and they play well together despite their age and gender differences. They do many things together, like mailing out Valentine’s cards that they made together during a family project. They do lots of things like that… as a family.
I couldn’t help wonder today, when and if I would ever get a chance to have what they have. It’s not envy…it’s not jealousy… it’s a mighty thirst that yearns a refreshing drink.
I know the world is full of romance today… flowers… chocolates… romantic evenings with a special someone… but I’m thinking of all the different kinds of love that exists in a family… the love of a husband and wife… the love of a father for his children…a mother’s love… the love children have for their parents… the trust a little girl has for her father… the adoration a father receives from his son… the beginnings of a mother-daughter bond that occurs as the young girl suddenly becomes a young woman… knowing that a mother’s love will never ever fade… all protected and bound with God’s love.
Of course, all of that starts with romance sparked between a man and a woman… as they fall in love and learn to trust each other more than they had anyone else… depending on one another and upholding one another in moments of weakness… eventually, the moment of the proposal for marriage is sprung… the wedding bells ring… the honeymoon phase… and then the highest form of love expression of man and woman leads to the creation of life, the firstborn and maybe the second…maybe more… the cute little bundles of joy grows up too fast and one day, the young children are young adults and they themselves fall in love and eventually get married… and the beautiful cycle repeats… and you grow old with the one you love, learning the joys of grandchildren and the pride that comes from seeing your own children grow to establish their own families…
I used to think… is that all there is to life? Grow up, find a job, find someone, get married, have kids and then get old… Loving someone is more profound than words could ever express… and it’s becoming clearer why parents choose to sacrifice everything for their kids… I still remember holding my pastor’s baby, not even 2 days old… my perspectives of life changed as I looked down upon that sleeping baby in my arms…and I began to know something of paternal love and sacrifice… in that moment, I would have done anything for that newborn child… but I’m still not even close to what my parents know…and are willing to do for me.
YES! I know all this may sound like something coming from an old man… and YES! I did think of romantic things, too, but mostly, my thoughts were here… maybe I’m growing up some more… maybe I’m just being really weird today… Whatever the case, God is here and He knows where I am… and if there is a “she”, He knows exactly where she is, too…
Happy Valentine’s Day everyone!
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