MY 50TH VALENTINES DAY!

MY 50^TH VALENTINES DAY!

Song 4:9-10

9 Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, my spouse; thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of thy neck.

10 How fair is thy love, my sister, my spouse! how much better is thy love than wine! and the smell of thine ointments than all spices!

           I began courting my spouse fifty years ago in February. It was, for me, love at first sight. She “ravished” my heart. The Hebrew is libabtiniy and it literally means “to heart” in the same way that you would “bark a tree” by ripping the bark from it. I no longer had my heart and had lost a good bit of my mind as well. That is to say, I had a hard time focusing on anyone or anything but her. How can one person have such a strong and lasting effect on another? I have no idea but I know it is so!

           Romantic love is irrational and inexplicable but undeniable. For me, it has grown beyond its container and overflowed. It continues to spread. I am consumed by it even after so many years. I am not whole. I am a shell where a heart used to be. I am breathless and have no need of breath without her.

Prov 18:22

22 Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the Lord.

Dear Lord, thank you for the love of my life and my life full of love. AMEN