So what\u2019s a girl to do on a day when she hears that a dear friend has passed away \u2013 especially when she\u2019s in quarantine because of the C-virus? And, when she gets many text messages from friends and family who offer her condolences. She remembers. And, she recalls the love she shared with her lover listening to this man’s love songs. SHE recommends that you lovers out there listen to those songs while you’re in quarantine!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Last Friday, Kenny Rogers passed away. As a devoted fan of his for so many years, I couldn\u2019t help but shed some big old crocodile tears as I let my mind go back to his many concerts that my husband and I attended. We felt like we knew him personally because his songs were so much a part of our lives. Any time he was within a couple of hours distance from us, we\u2019d make sure we were at his concert. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I\u2019m strong, resilient, determined and I live life to its fullest. I don\u2019t often spend time just reminiscing the past. Looking in the rearview mirror and dwelling there gets us no place. But there are times when it\u2019s okay to remember. I did that on Sunday after I had watched, via livestream, two church services and two masses \u2013 all four giving me so much gratitude and deeper love for my Lord. I took notes and journaled what I heard. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Then I called five friends to check on them and to spread some love and encouragement. But once I cozied down in my chair, I listened to some of our Kenny Rogers\u2019 favorites: \u201cShe Believes in Me\u201d, \u201cLady\u201d, \u201cYou Decorated My Life\u201d and our absolute favorite in our later years: \u201cThrough the Years\u201d. I had me some big old melt down as I remembered my sweetheart\u2019s arms around me and holding hands and looking into each other\u2019s eyes as we heard those songs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I remembered, when living in Canada, us following Kenny\u2019s entourage to Morden, Manitoba. A white limousine led the way for several white Cadillacs. We had a white Cadillac, so we felt welcomed to follow right in line with them and into the private parking area as the guard waved us through. Kenny and his entourage walked in through the stage doors. We owned it and made our way in with them and into the best seats in the house. Kenny always said from the stage: \u201cLady, why do you have binoculars when you\u2019re sitting on the front row?\u201d That wasn\u2019t me, because it wasn\u2019t the man we admired as much as we did his songs and his beautiful vibrato voice. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
True love didn\u2019t quit through life\u2019s ups and downs.\u201cThrough the Years\u201d spoke volumes about two determined people willing to never give up. That song described us perfectly! <\/p>\n\n\n\n
To love and be loved is life’s sweetest treasure. But even more than the earthly love we enjoy, the most beloved relationship we could ever hope to have, is our relationship with God. What a beautiful romance I have had with Him through the years. He yearns to share a life of beauty, intimacy, and adventure with us. He says:\u201cI have loved you with an everlasting love\u201d. (Jeremiah 31:3) This world was made for romance — the rivers, the meadows, the mountains and the beaches. Flowers, music, a kiss, a sunrise, a sunset, a touch. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Shhh! I hear Him singing a love song to me: “The LORD your God among you is powerful — He will save and He will take joyful delight in you. In His love He will renew you with His love; He will celebrate with singing because of you”. Zephaniah 3:17 <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Perhaps, as a jealous God for our affection, one of the reasons for the incubation and isolation we\u2019re experiencing right now, is because He wants us to turn our attention to Him. We\u2019ve got the time and we\u2019re in just the right place to do that today!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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