Love is of God

Today, I can’t help but think about love.

Ok, that’s a little cheesy, but come on, I am newly married.

Dave is truly a gift to me. He just is. Even when things are hard and we’re discouraged and it’s hard to see how we’ll ever get somewhere other than where we are now, he’s a gift.

Honestly, I’ve grown a lot since I’ve known Dave. I had to grow a lot to be able to know him like I do, but he’s also been key to more growth in me.

I love it when God gives us people like that, people who help us become more than we are without them. It’s easy to say that God allows us to see him through other people, but the experience of that is so much more than the words convey.

I think the most surprising thing is that it’s only very rarely that I think, “Wow, right now, Dave is loving me like God does.” Instead, Dave loves me and I grow and change and interact with God and others differently. It’s a different sort of growth, a growth that seems more holistic, more internal. More organic.

God loves us through others. Sometimes, that’s really obvious. Other times, it’s quiet and natural and we don’t really realize it until later.

Thank you, Dave. I love you.