Tears ran between the wrinkles on her face like water through a stream as she slowly lumbered toward the casket where the body of her husband, of 56 years, now laid. A half-century of memories pressed through her eyes…and grief flooded her soul. Her small, bent over frame (heaving with sobs) fell, with a sigh, onto the chest of her departed spouse…and with the softest kiss she said, “Goodbye.”
Seeing a scene like that unfold before your eyes is surreal. Just observing it makes you want to be a better husband and father. Bearing witness to how the bond of love remains unbroken (even in death), makes you realize what Paul was talking about in I Corinthians 13:13 - “Now abide these three: faith, hope, and love. But the greatest of these is love.” It took a lot of faith for that 15 year-old girl to put her life into the hands of her 22-year old sweetheart…but their hopes were realized, and their love never failed. Page from their book…taken.
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