Love

The month of February has long past.  The flowers have died and been thrown out.  In other words Valentine’s Day is long gone for this year.

I was reading an article on social media that really reached out and grabbed me.  It was about a man who wanted to divorce his wife.  You can read the article here.  In the article the wife gives the husband a list of demands prior to the divorce.  I was really shocked that he gave in to the demands.  I will let you read the article for yourself.  If I write much more about it I will be in tears all over again.  Oh, get a facial tissue ready as you will need it.

As I was thinking about this article on love something came to my mind.  That truth is that love is a choice.  I tell men all of the time, “If you love your wife you will take the trash out.”  This is true.  Love is a choice.  Yes, I know I repeated myself.  It was on purpose.

Here is the command to obey.  Look at Ephesians 5:25, “Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;”  Now, if Jesus commands us to do this then it is possible for us to do.  I did not say that it is easy.  I said it is possible.

So, how did Christ love the Church?  I am thinking of one word.  That word is sacrificially.  Jesus “gave Himself for it”.  That is truly sacrificial love.  This is easy to say and write; but, doing it is another story.

Maybe you think you have “lost that lovin’ feelin'”.  Well, here you go.  It is a command.  Love your wife!  This is not my word.  It is God’s Word.

So, how are you doing?

All Because of Another

Last night was a cold and snowy evening.  I really wanted to stay home; but, I had committed to go to hear a photography presentation.  I am glad that I went as I learned a lot.  The snow was more like sleet when we came out to leave.  I was glad to be sitting in the back seat and not be driving.

The reason I braved the cold and snow was because I had said that I would be there.  A friend was one of the presenters and I was obligated to uphold my word.  Then I was thinking about the past four or five posts and the things that we do “one for another” and my mind raced back to the Old Testament.

Look at II Samuel 9:7, “And David said unto him, Fear not: for I will surely shew thee kindness for Jonathan thy father’s sake, and will restore thee all the land of Saul thy father; and thou shalt eat bread at my table continually.”  This is about a man named Mephibosheth.  He was lame (he could not walk) because the person who cared for him had dropped him in the process of fleeing the house.  He was not able to walk.

This is the setting that we find our passage of Scripture today.  King David was making a vow to care for Mephibosheth because Mephibosheth could not care for himself.  What a picture.  King David cared for Mephibosheth because he was the son of David’s dear, close friend Jonathan, the son of the former king Saul.  Because David loved Jonathan he cared for Jonathan’s son after Jonathan had been killed in battle.  King David did it “all because of another.”

So, how are you doing?