My favorite movie of all time is The Mirror Has Two Faces with Barbra Streisand and Jeff Bridges. It's about basing a relationship on compatibility, not chemistry and sex. It's about being best friends first. Rose (Barbra Streisand) has a great line at the beginning of the movie: "I tell you what I envy about people in love - I'd love it if someone knew me, I mean really knew me. What I like, what I'm afraid of, what kind of toothpaste I use." We all desire perfect love, don't we? To know another person has your back . . . always. My best friends Joyce and Paul are one of those couples. Not that life has been a piece of cake for them. But they really know each other and best of all, their relationship centers around God and living their faith . . . together. They set the bar high in my eyes. I will accept nothing less in my future.
My beautiful friends Paul and Joyce after my grandson's Baptism
My beautiful family!
Todays first reading is from Hosea (2:16, 17c-18, 21-22) where God is describing His great love for each of us, as if a husband speaking to his wife:
I will espouse you to me forever: I will espouse you in right and in justice, in love and in mercy;
I will espouse you in
fidelity, and you shall know the LORD.
In Volume Two, the Eucharistic Heart of Jesus, He has this to say about love of your spouse:
Lay apostles, love each other. If you are married, do as Jesus instructs above. If you are single, expect this behavior from a potential partner. Do not accept anything less than a relationship with Christ in the center. Life can be grand and burdens lightened with love of the ultimate Spouse.
Thank you, Lord, for showing me Christ-centered marriages exist and flourish. I am so grateful for the hope Paul and Joyce have demonstrated proving true love starts with You!
God bless,
Bonnie
In Volume Two, the Eucharistic Heart of Jesus, He has this to say about love of your spouse:
"Be attentive to your
earthly spouse. Consider your marriage as the primary consideration for every
decision you make. I have given you your spouse so that you can lead each other
to heaven and help each other obtain a higher degree of holiness than you could
have obtained without the participation in this sacramental union. So always
view your marriage as a holy covenant, in which I participate. If you do this,
My children, I will have no more concerns about families, because your children
will be honored and loved, as I intended them to be."
Lay apostles, love each other. If you are married, do as Jesus instructs above. If you are single, expect this behavior from a potential partner. Do not accept anything less than a relationship with Christ in the center. Life can be grand and burdens lightened with love of the ultimate Spouse.
Thank you, Lord, for showing me Christ-centered marriages exist and flourish. I am so grateful for the hope Paul and Joyce have demonstrated proving true love starts with You!
God bless,
Bonnie
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