September 28, 2022

Responding to Monday’s Almost Daily about the wedding sermon I preached, a reader in Georgia shared her minister’s wedding day wisdom from 55 years ago. “No person can love you as much as you need to be loved. Do not put that burden on your spouse. Only God can and does love you that much.”

I mean, how good is that? True for spouses, true for anybody. “What is love, anyway? Does anybody love anybody anyway?” (Extra credit for anybody who can name the artist who sang that 1984 hit without googling it, like I just did.)

St. John answers: “This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.” (1 John 4:10)

“Almighty God, we entrust all who are dear to us to thy never-failing care and love, for this life and the life to come,knowing that thou art doing for them better things than we can desire or pray for; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.” (For Those We Love – BCP)