Things that should never be taken lightly. Purposes that are deeper than mere words or notions.
Rich Mullins has a song that seems to echo some of what I'm feeling this morning, sitting on the west coast in Cannon Beach, Oregon. One day from signing on the dotted line...
"There's a loyalty that's deeper
Than mere sentiments
And a music higher than the songs
That I can sing
The stuff of Earth competes
For the allegiance
I owe only to the Giver
Of all good things
There's more that dances on the prairies
Than the wind
More that pulses in the ocean
Than the tide
There's a love that is fiercer
Than the love between friends
More gentle than a mother's
When her baby's at her side
So if I stand let me stand on the promise..."
I've been here before. But this is uniquely different. Where I've hidden my heart in the past - kept myself from truly opening up and growing with another person - I find myself incredibly vulnerable and wanting the stretch marks that come from allowing one person to come beside me and find solace in the union.
The terms...
"Love is patient, love is kind.
It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking,
It is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.
Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with truth.
It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres."
1 Corinthians 13:4-8
Forever - Always!
So I'll stand tomorrow. Dressed up as this boy from Georgia can be. Stand beside the person I've grown to not only love, but to cherish. The words won't come close to what I find inside of me. I just hope that they can somehow reflect all that I see ahead of us on this journey.
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