LOVE LETTERS|DAILY DEVOTIONAL FOR SINGLES|DAY 324

Scripture for today

 

There was a very unusual military funeral in California in December of 2013. Sgt. First Class Joseph Gantt, who fought in both World War II and the Korean War, was laid to rest. He had been captured in Korea in 1950 and died the following year. But his body was not returned for many years, and his death was never confirmed by the North Koreans.

His wife, Clara, waited for decades for her husband to come back. She regularly went to meetings with government officials seeking information about what had happened. Clara even bought a house and had it professionally landscaped so all Joseph would have to do when he came home was go fishing. She was ninety-four years old when his remains were finally brought home for a military funeral with full honors. It wasn’t the homecoming she dreamed of, but she finally knew his fate. Clara told a reporter who interviewed her, “He told me if anything happened to him, he wanted me to remarry. And I told him ‘No, no.’ Here I am, still his wife, and I’m going to remain his wife until the day the Lord calls me home.”

Love—true, godly love—is not temporary or transient. Love is a commitment that is meant to last. Love is not based on everything going right or always being happy. Love is not an emotional feeling but rather a choice of the will. Casual commitments do not produce a foundation for deep and meaningful relationships. Instead we should love others as God loves us—with an unfailing love that never ends.

WHEN WE DECIDE TO LOVE SOMEONE IT IS A COMMITMENT THAT NO MATTER THE SITUATION WE ARE TO HOLD ON TO. As singles, we are not to love people when all is rosy and sweet it includes when  they are their worst. Mark Gungor said domething "you dont marry peoples actions, you marry their reactions" How would you react to the person you claim to love when all the chips are down, when they can't even help themselves and be their best.

Prayer: Father, help me understand what love truly is.