Grateful.
That’s how I am now. Everyday. In fact, gratitude is where it all started.
Perhaps, in a lifetime, the best gift a man can receive from God is the one-of-one opportunity to love. After all, He, who is Love, has created us in love, with love, and out of love.
Or perhaps, it is that one-of-one opportunity to share love with another ultimately special being is the best part of it.
Despite everything that has happened, God’s grace kept me going, loving, hoping. Hoping for the best that is to come. And yes, counting the days to a lifetime. Or perhaps, felt a little more than that. And excited for the days to come. For a one-of-a-kind love that is to come.
Love that is patient. That is kind. That doesn’t envy. That doesn’t boast. That is not proud. That doesn’t dishonor one or the other. That is not self-seeking. That is not easily angered. That keeps no record of wrongs. That does not delight in evil, but rejoices with the truth.
Love that always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
While there will really be moments that we will face challenges with one another, never will it be a difficult togetherness. In fact, it grows in love, all the more. Day by beautiful day. Never will one or the other be a difficult person, but rather, will prove that both of us are worthy of love. A love that is true, pure, light, and God-centered.
As they say, love should never hurt; we just have to choose people worthy of the hurt. But then again, love is supposed to hurt. Love should always be ultimately about loving imperfect people perfectly. Choosing to love even the unloveable facet of a person. Seeing a beautiful creation out of a rough edge.
It is always about loving until there is no more hurt, but only more love.
I can’t be thankful enough. As early as now. Or rather, I’m thankful that God will send love on a mission to find me, at my most unloveable. At a time that I was giving up on being loved, love ran towards me with a welcoming embrace.
“Faith, hope, love, these things remain; but the greatest of these is love.”
And yes, “He makes everything beautiful in His time.” You just have to believe it’s true.
To my future partner, I’ll definitely be enchanted to meet you.
