"What started as an idea between two young people who fell in love and dreamed about the future has burst into the effervescence of reality. As time has gone by, it has been amazing to watch you bud, blossom and bring forth fruit. The fruit of that love, that wisdom and that tenacity have been the nectar that has nurtured me as a man and made our children who they are. I take this occasion to thank you, to water you with my love and adoration, to fertilize you with the season of our experiences, hardships, tests and trials, which have brought forth the blossom of love that we so cherish. My life is better because of you. My heart is stronger because of you, and it beats at the memories, at the moments, at the affections that we have shared. My partner, my lover, my friend, my wife. Thank you," writes Bishop T.D. Jakes in a love letter to his wife, Serita Jakes, published in the February 2013 Ebony magazine article "House of Love."
What wife would complain about a husband who regularly watered his wife with words like those written above by T.D. to Serita? People seek romance. Romance novels are half of all mass market paperbacks sold in the United States.
Does Chen Guangcheng speak love letters to his wife? Guangcheng is a blind lawyer for the disabled and against forced abortions and forced sterilizations for anyone. He escaped from house arrest in China in April of 2012 and is now living in New York of the United States of America. Guangcheng's joy of celebrating marital love must be tinged by the sadness of knowing family in China are being persecuted for Guangcheng's activism. Yesterday Guangcheng told the U.S. House Committee On Foreign Affairs about his family's persecution in China and other ongoing human rights abuses in China.
True love is limitless and loaded with goodness. Wisdom is good. Wisdom is a name for the Great Lover Jesus Christ.
When Guangcheng came to the United States of America, he could have stayed silent, happy to be with his wife and two children free from prison and torture. But he didn't choose this path.
Lovers are outstanding time managers. "Mirad, pues, con diligencia como andeis, no como necios sino como sabios, aprovechando bien el tiempo, porque los dias son malos. Por tanto, no seais insensatos, sino entendidos de cual sea la voluntad del Senor," dice Efesios 5:15-17 Biblia Bilingue Version Reina-Valera 1960. The Bilingual Bible New King James Version Ephesians 5:15-17 says, "See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be unwise, but understand what the will of the Lord is."
Creyentes (believers) have wisdom. Are you using it to speak words of love in all relationships? Could a spouse, family or someone else write or speak about you like T.D. Jakes, "My life is better because of you"?
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