There is a quote I read that says, ¨Who, being loved, is poor?¨
As I reflect on these seven months of marriage, I really believe that this quote is true...If we are blessed enough in our lives to find love, whether it be the love of family, the love of a spouse, or the love of friends, can we really call ourselves poor?
Living on the mission field is not always easy. I have has to learn to give up a lot of things that I would have thought were essential before (Starbucks, anyone?). But, the richness of love I have found in this new life far outweighs whatever I may have had to sacrifice.
I always marvel and how God reveals His love for us through the love of others, and in no place have I found that to be so true as in the love my husband and I share. In loving a spouse, and I´m not talking about the warm and fuzzies but rather agape love as expressed in 1 Corinthians 13, we begin to taste a little of the Father´s love for us. What a blessing to experience that love! Even if you are not married, you have no family and you have no friends, you can still experience the Father´s love for you, which is the only real and pure love that exists. And who, being loved, is poor?
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