One of the first things I wanted to do for my newly-engaged sister was to help her write up her love story. This isn’t as unselfish as it sounds, because I can think of few things more fun than getting people to tell me their stories.
You have to imagine Rachel and me sitting in the same room and Gabe at his house: all of us with chat windows open on our laptops, Rachel on the phone with Gabe, but still managing to talk up a storm with me. There was a great deal of laughter, and I don’t know how many times I had to get them back on topic.
But the result was well worth it: a snapshot of God’s lovingkindness in their lives.
In “His Love Stories,” I wrote:
The Bible tells us that Jesus is the Word made flesh. I like to think that, in a small way, each of us is also the Word made flesh; that each of us has a story in which the kindness of God is made visible to the world. …
That’s why my favorite love stories are true ones. In fact, I’ve probably read or heard the stories of nearly 150 Christian couples, each one as unique as a fingerprint. Some couples called it “courtship,” some called it “dating,” and some met and married long before the terms acquired their present meanings. God’s kindness is evident in them all.
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Elisabeth Adams 