"Love isn’t a feeling but a tying. The practical translation of “I Love You” is “I am Tied to You” — no matter what breaks loose. Love never gives up but lays itself down. Do this — this is the way of God.
All you have here is one lifetime and time. is. your. life. When you spend time with someone, what you are freely giving away is your life. Do this — this is the way of God."
-Ann Voskamp
Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Magee
July 12th, 2008
We know Dan and Brittany are committed to loving each other, their family and their God. So the above statement "I am tied to you" is true of their relationship. We know they both are thankful for the rich godly heritage they have on both sides of their family. What Declan, their precious son, has is beyond priceless. What a joy to celebrate their fourth anniversary knowing that the "tie" that binds them is for a lifetime!
"For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’ so they are no longer two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate.”
Matthew 19:5-6
Yesterday afternoon (during Tom's nap time & because his parents were here) I was able to take a spin on my bike around the neighborhood. Tom bought me my new bike in the fall of 2010...it's a very nice bike, nicer than I needed, but that's Tom...always wanted the best for me. We had begun, during our "empty nest" life, to enjoy taking some long rides together. These days when I pull the car into the garage...the bikes hang and haunt me. I knew I had to overcome riding again...alone now. The opportunity hadn't come until yesterday. It was a great feeling being back on my new bike (I had to dust it off) however the emotion of never being able to experience it with Tom again sunk in and the tears flowed. I overcame another fear...each time I experience something alone that we previously enjoyed together I am overcoming...not fun. We truly are "one flesh" and when I do these things it's a ripping, tearing of the flesh apart and believe me...it's painful. A scab will form and then eventually a scar...a sweet reminder of "the way it was".
Yesterday as I read "A Holy Experience" blog, God so touched my heart with what she had to say...so if you didn't get a chance to read it...here is a short sampling of what touched me where I am:
"Because there is no true happiness apart from holiness, and there is no true holiness apart from knowing what it means to suffer unhappiness. And there is no knowing how to suffer unhappiness apart from God.
It’s through suffering unhappiness that God may beckon you into deeper happiness in Him.
What I am trying to tell you is that no matter where you end up, where the road leads: You can have as much God as you want. As much joy in Him as you want. The real believers relentlessly believe that. The world or circumstances will try to dupe you differently– but it’s a law as irrefutable as gravity itself: no matter what — as much God as you want.
Is there anything else worth wanting or having?"
-Ann Voskamp
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