I received an email from Popular Mechanics making Valentine’s Day gift suggestions. Popular Mechanics! Would they recommend a new ratchet and socket set or a new chain saw? How about a new set of bits for her power drill? We all know they get dull or snap. Fortunately, I had already been to the turtle store. My wife loves turtles. No shells, just lots of pecans covered with caramel smothered in chocolate. But what would she get me? I saw a really great looking ¾ ton four wheel drive turbo boosted pickup truck. Alas, I guess not.
In reality I woke up last night at 1:00 A.M. to discover she wasn’t in bed. Had I been snoring and chased her to another room? Apparently not because soon I heard her coming up the stairs. She muttered something about forgetting something she needed for work. It wasn’t until morning when I smelled the then baking apple pie. She actually waited for me to fall asleep and went downstairs and peeled the apples and made the crust and got it all ready for the oven. I had a great breakfast. I got my fruit and grains with a touch of cinnamon. It was better than a pickup truck that I don’t need.
Love inspires us to do amazing things. One of my all time favorite verses is in Ephesians 2. Paul wrote, “God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace.” God wants to save us so in ages and ages He can continue to shower us with gifts of love. Now that is just plain exciting.
Written by Roger Bothwell on February 15, 2013
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