Love never dies
“We found your wife, Melissa.”
13 years ago today (Sep 2, 2003), these words ended our agonizingly long 3 days of hoping & praying in Emporia, Kansas – that somehow Melissa would be found intact. She was found 2 miles from the freeway in a retention pond that had tripled in size.
“We need to ask you to identify her body as well.”
Following the deaths of our 4 precious children, these words sank my heart to rock bottom like an anchor on the ocean floor.
What was I to do? What did I have left to live for?
Sometimes when we hit rock-bottom, we discover that we’ve struck the Rock of Ages. I was utterly emptied and depleted of all that was me. I needed to be filled with all that is God – His Comforter, the Holy Spirit. I literally free-fell into the mighty Arms of Jesus.
“Trust in the LORD with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding.” (Proverbs 3:5)
With my parents and siblings by my side, I embraced and tearfully kissed my beautiful bride of nearly 12 years goodbye. Some time later, I poured out my feelings for her into this song I composed entitled, “I Shall Always Love You.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9rdyyQTRnA
Love never dies. “Many waters cannot quench love, nor can rivers drown it.” (Song of Solomon 8:7)
Husbands, love your wives with no regrets and with all you’ve got…with zest, zeal, and passion…like there’s no tomorrow. After all, none of us is guaranteed tomorrow.
[KNOW GOD – no regrets]
-Robert