Imagine this with me would you...
A beautifully lit, carefully cleaned, antique kitchen. A basket of lemons and limes a beautifully fresh contrast against the marble countertop. A smell like nothing that can be named hangs in the air...The smell of home? Yes... I think that captures it. Sitting on a tall chair at the counter in this kitchen was where I first heard my Grandmother try to describe her love for my Grandpa. Before this, I could not recall a time when I had heard their love spoken nor described to one another. This was a rare and precious gift. She began by saying that their love had not always been easy. Their walk together had lacked much of the romantic passion and tenderness that we so often crave as part of our own stories. This was not necessarily news to me, and observing this in their marriage had always been difficult for me. I longed to see them be loving towards one another physically or verbally in a way that was plain for the world to see... but my perspective was altered as she continued. Instead of speaking mournfully about missed opportunities or speaking of what she wished had happened, she simply said..."But ours is a sticky kind of love. We made a promise to one another, and no matter what happens we're stuck," Isn't that a beautiful way to describe love... Now, before you toss me to the loony bin, I want to explain. "a sticky kind of love"... Think about it. It is the kind of love that defies the temptation to give up... That refuses to give in to disappointment, or sadness, or greed... and just keeps on loving. It refuses to let go even when grace and love are not returned in kind, or at all... The love that focuses on the other person's heart... And trusts that the promise will be kept. Tonight, I was reminded of this "sticky kind of love" in a new light. A heavenly light. God loves me with "a sticky kind of love"... He is the love that defies giving up, does not surrender to disappointment, sadness, or greed... He keeps on loving, and refuses to let me go even when love and grace are not returned. He IS the EMBODIMENT of THAT LOVE! "Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him." 1 John 4:8 and 4:16b
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