The common thread I keep hearing is that the world can end whenever, just "Let me find my [spouse]...then I'll be fine." That's all anyone seems to care about whether they believe in rapture, global warming, or a huge asteroid blowing up the earth.
Naturally I am both irked, intrigued, and slightly ashamed. Irked because everyone likes to think of marriage as a climactic happily ever after. Intrigued because the world focuses on one's value coming mostly from their career...and yet in the end all that matters is a spouse. And ashamed because I cannot claim to say I've never thought the same thing.
As I wondered how a workaholic could be explaining to me that the only true thing on his bucket list was to have a spouse...he unknowingly answered my question; "If I'm gonna die, I guess I would rather do it knowing that there was someone out there that I truly love, and loves me back."
Love.
That's all people want. It's not cultural, it's human. And it is entirely natural. It also goes much deeper than that. We desire love. Perfect love. The only sad part to that story is that kind of love can only be found one place, and it's not where we're looking for it. But the best part to the story is that perfect love is found in someone who already loves me, you...us! God's love. The one and only, and overly sufficient love of God is what we need and desire.
So while someday I hope to experience the love that comes with marriage...Father take me when you wish, cause I already have the only love I need. Thank you!
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