Love Shows Up in Whole Foods

It seems I’m still caught up in this “Love Month”. I was at Whole Foods and over the sound system I heard Kenny Rogers singing “our” song, “Through the Years”. 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 “ours” in our earlier years, but when true love didn’t quit through all of life’s 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’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.

Through the years. You’ve never let me down.
You turned my life around.
The sweetest days I’ve found, I’ve found with you.
Through the years. I’ve never been afraid.
I’ve loved the life we’ve made.
And I’m so glad I’ve stayed, right here with you. Through the years.

I can’t remember what I used to do, who I trusted, Whom
I listened to before. I swear you’ve taught me everything I know,
Can’t imagine needing someone so.
But through the years it seems to me, I need you more and more.

Through the years, through all the good and bad,
I knew how much we had.
I’ve always been so glad, to be with you. Through the years.
It’s better every day. You’ve kissed my tears away.
As long as it’s okay, I’ll stay with you. Through the years.

Through the years, when everything went wrong,
Together we were strong.
I know that I belonged, right here with you.
Through the years, I never had a doubt,
We’d always work things out.
I’ve learned what love’s about, by loving you, through the years.

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.

This romance, beyond my Sweetheart’s “great escape to heaven” is the life of beauty, intimacy, and adventure I have with God. In Jeremiah 31:3, He says “I have loved you with an everlasting love”. Talk about a romantic lover. He’s given us the whole world for romance — the rivers and the meadows, the mountains and the beaches. Flowers, music, a kiss, a sunrise, a sunset, a touch.

There’s no “earthly” love like His love. Shhh! I hear Him singing a love song to me…..Zephaniah 3:17 “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”.