{"id":9462,"date":"2019-02-24T05:21:54","date_gmt":"2019-02-24T11:21:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/?p=9462"},"modified":"2019-02-24T05:50:16","modified_gmt":"2019-02-24T11:50:16","slug":"loving-and-singing-through-the-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/?p=9462","title":{"rendered":"Love Shows Up in Whole Foods"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It seems I&#8217;m still caught up in this \u201cLove Month\u201d. I was at Whole Foods and over the sound system I heard Kenny Rogers singing &#8220;our&#8221; song, \u201cThrough the Years\u201d.  I was somewhat jolted and teared up a little!  Of all places to be reminded of my sweetheart was Whole Foods.  We had special songs that were \u201cours\u201d in our earlier years, but when true love didn\u2019t <g class=\"gr_ gr_54 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling ins-del\" id=\"54\" data-gr-id=\"54\">quit<\/g> through all of life\u2019s ups and downs, this song spoke volumes about two determined people willing to stick it out and realize how sweet the love grows when we don&#8217;t give up. This song describes us perfectly!  I can imagine, for those of you who have been together through thick and thin for many years, can relate to it, too. <br><br>Through the years.  You&#8217;ve never let me down. <br>You turned my life around. <br>The sweetest days I&#8217;ve found, I&#8217;ve found with you. <br>Through the years.  I&#8217;ve never been afraid. <br>I&#8217;ve loved the life we&#8217;ve made.<br>And I&#8217;m so glad I&#8217;ve stayed, right here with you. Through the years.<br><br>I can&#8217;t remember what I used to do, who I trusted, Whom <br>I listened to before. I swear you&#8217;ve taught me everything I know, <br>Can&#8217;t imagine needing someone so.<br>But through the years it seems to me, I need you more and more. <br><br>Through the years, through all the good and bad, <br>I knew how much we had. <br>I&#8217;ve always been so glad, to be with you.  Through the years. <br>It&#8217;s better every day. You&#8217;ve kissed my tears away. <br>As long as it&#8217;s okay, I&#8217;ll stay with you. Through the years.<br><br>Through the years, when everything went wrong, <br>Together we were strong.  <br>I know that I belonged, right here with you.<br>Through the years, I never had a doubt, <br>We&#8217;d always work things out. <br>I&#8217;ve learned what love&#8217;s about, by loving you, through the years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To love and be loved is life&#8217;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\u2026..through the years. <br> <br>This romance, beyond my Sweetheart\u2019s \u201cgreat escape to heaven\u201d is the life of beauty, intimacy, and adventure I have with God.   In Jeremiah 31:3, He says \u201cI have loved you with an everlasting love\u201d.  Talk about a romantic lover.  He\u2019s given us the whole world for romance &#8212; the rivers and the meadows, the mountains and the beaches. Flowers, music, a kiss, a sunrise, a sunset, a touch. <br><br>There&#8217;s no &#8220;earthly&#8221; love like His love.   Shhh! I hear Him singing a love song to me&#8230;..Zephaniah 3:17 &#8220;The LORD your God among you is powerful &#8212; 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&#8221;.<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It seems I&#8217;m still caught up in this \u201cLove Month\u201d. I was at Whole Foods and over the sound system I heard Kenny Rogers singing &#8220;our&#8221; song, \u201cThrough the Years\u201d. I was somewhat jolted and teared up a little! Of all places to be reminded of my sweetheart was Whole Foods. 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