I always assumed that “true love” was really just a myth that we all spend our lives chasing. Here’s why. I found that my love for others was tainted and weak. It was selfish and easily swayed. We are miserably unfaithful creatures– us humans. At the same time, over the years, the truth became even more apparent – that no one has been able to love me in the way that I really want to be loved. Their love, like mine, was fragile and small.
So I decided: True Love is a Myth.
But I discovered that I was wrong. In fact, quite literally, I couldn’t have been further from the truth. But more than that, I discovered WHY I was wrong. I was wrong because I didn’t know what love was in the first place. I was looking for the wrong thing. You don’t go searching for someone to satisfy you and love you perfectly. Nobody on earth can do that. And yet, the fact remains that there is a desire in each one of us to be loved in that way. So here’s the deal: Success in marriage is not finding the right person, but being the right person in the power of the one perfect Person. You see, it is God’s true love for us that is the only TRUE love. It not only teaches us how to love, but it enables us to love truly.
God has blessed me with the most amazing wife I could have ever asked for. Frankly, I dreamed small and asked selfishly– but God had much bigger plans. He has given me an incomparably incredible woman. But He also gave me true love. No no – TRUE true love. And it is His perfect love that both teaches and enables Claire and I to truly love one another, and has made our marriage what it is today. So here are a few photos in honor of my wife, Claire, and in honor of the One who invented marriage, Jesus Christ.
Thank you sweetheart for being such an example to me of God’s love for us. You’re the bomb.
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