his love endures forever.
A hotel room key card sits in my phone case, a lovely reminder of a few glorious days. We took that trip almost two years ago, and I still keep the card.
It was a trip involving meetings and business, but something about the room by the beach, the absence of children, and the rarest thing- a breezy happy husband, unencumbered by the daily pressure of church have all caused the card to become precious to me.
It is a token of love’s faithfulness.
The trip was in our first year back to Austin, when we were eyebrow-deep in the newness of pastoring. We scrambled that year to understand how to love God, His church, each other, our children, and function normally.
We fought like we never had before. I hid my heart like I never had before. He struggled to stand under the weight of his responsibility like he never had before.
Then we spent three winter days in Florida, with a door from our room that opened onto the shore. And it was as if the previous ten months rolled out with the tide while we were there.
We felt young and true love flamed in our hearts once again as God’s goodness overflowed into our marriage.
When the days weigh us down, when love tastes a bit more like a dry biscuit than a beautiful banquet, when we have too many items on the calendar and not enough time together, I take out that card and I remember.
Love is not a feeling that can die. Love is a promise we can keep.
The tide of love eventually rises and takes away the pressures of life, and the promises kept leave us bearing strong hearts.
Never despair, dear heart. God is love, and He can redeem all things in His time.
Somehow He can even use a room with an ocean view to reveal the truth: this love will last until the end.
Oh, give thanks to the Lord.
this was such a beautiful post, I loved reading through it and being reminded of the true love offered by Christ and my hubby. thank you.
many blessings to you, sister.