DEEP LOVE
"I have loved you deeply," says the Lord. (Malachi 1:2)
Robert and Frances Hasty had been married for fifty-two years when
Frances died. Robert loved his wife deeply, and her death was
devastating to him. She was buried in Fort Worth, Texas, more than 240
miles from their home, but still Robert made the trip as often as
possible to visit her grave and bring her flowers. For three years
Robert made the long drive to Fort Worth at least four times a
year-often on special holidays and always on Frances's birthday.
During the week of Easter in 1998, the seventy-five-year old man
bought some beautiful Easter lilies for his wife's gravesite. He made
the grueling trip, parked in his usual spot, and then knelt down
beside Frances's gravestone. He neatly secured the lilies to her plot
then began praying. He stayed longer than usual, talking with his
departed bride well into the evening hours. Somehow he lost track of
time.
At dusk a lone maintenance worker found Robert's lifeless body still
kneeling at his wife's grave. His children were promptly called, and
though they were saddened by the news, they didn't seem surprised by
their father's actions. "He loved my mother deeply," said their oldest
son.
There is a kind of love that transcends human understanding. It is
possible to love someone so much that you lose all sense of time and
reasoning. You want to be near her, to talk to her, to reflect on her
smile, to remember the times you spent together. You're even willing
to die for your loved one.
The kind of love that Robert had for his wife was beautiful and beyond
understanding, yet still it pales in comparison to the love that God
has for his creation. "I have loved you deeply," God says to us
through his prophet Malachi (Malachi 1:2). Centuries later he would
prove it by sending his own Son to die in our place.
"God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone
who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life" (John
3:16). We may never understand God's love, but that's not important.
All we need to do is accept it.
Call 1-888-NEED-HIM or 1-888-633-3446.
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P.S. Tis better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at
all.
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