"Greater love has no one than this,
that he lay down his life for his friends." ---Jesus
John 15:13
A husband's love for his wife... the kind found in Scripture...
Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church
and gave himself up for her...
Ephesians 5:25
This husband... he still speaks as we... us... even though she hasn't spoken a word in two months... the culmination of a journey that's led to over two years in a nursing home... she... no longer able to respond... in any way...
He returns each day to her side... 6:00 am... breakfast with his bride... even though hers now comes through a tube... every meal with her... they... still one...
He says to me... We pray for you every night...
Humbling words... they pierce my heart... so undeserving... so grateful...
I haven't seen this man in a while... most likely over a year... have thought but never followed through... to visit... support... be present... Yes... I pray for him and her... weekly... and as God brings them to mind...
But me... to be remembered by one who loves so well... included among the twenty-or-so extended family... the ones prayed for each night...?
Truly humbling...
truly undeserving...
a grace received with tears... and a desire to grow to love as he...
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