As I stood at the edge of the river in my home town in Jamaica I watched my uncle swim like an expert in the beautiful yet deep water. I really had a rush of excitement leading me to dive in but i was bordered by the fact that I did not know how to swim as a young boy. “Jump in” shouted my uncle Devon.
“I will make sure you don’t drown” he laughed. Just the thought alone kept me stuck on the edge of the river not being able to enjoy being in the beautiful water below. Something got my attention though.
As I stood there in fear I realized that I had to dive in and trust my uncle to be able to ever learn to swim. I remembered his promise and mustered up some courage and decided to jump in. My uncle Devon was always a protector as I grew up so I trusted him.
Marriage will not survive a day without LOVE . Love will never be love unless it is really shown, (1 John 3:18). Love is like a door sitting on a hinge.
If the hinge is removed the door falls to the ground. Promise to love and cherish is at the root of every wedding ceremony. If one could be paid millions for the amount of times “I love you” is spoken many would be millionaires.
If actions matched up with words when it comes to love every couple would experience a marriage journey MADE IN HEAVEN . Yet so many husbands and wives crave that unmet expectation of a word spoken but not shown. There is a BIG difference between “ I love you ” and “ I am loving you .
” The former takes nothing to say it. The lat.
