A Portrait of True Love

From this moment life has begun
From this moment you are the one
Right beside you is where I belong
From this moment on

I know a family which is shaken by the head of the family’s infidelity. Almost as soon as the ink on the marriage certificate dried, he went out with another woman. The wife could smell her husband’s game behind her back. Disappointment crept in her heart. She began suspicious toward every move of her husband.

The husband didn’t want to be proved wrong, attacked his wife verbally, hurting her heart even more, ripped her innocent heart. Her disappointment reached its peak, it opened the door for discouragement. Her brilliant eyes became dim caused by sorrow, and her beautiful lips no longer smile heartily. She committed suicide.

Yet, God has another plan from hers. She was saved by the doctors at the hospital. She still lives for her husband, loves him with all her heart though she couldn’t hide her disappointment. She also lives for her parents-in-law who loves her so dearly, for her children whom she loves so much but often make her sad, too.

Years gone by, her husband hasn’t changed the way she wanted. Yet, she still offers her sacrifices of thanksgiving to the Writer of her life. She learns to know her True Love, to trust her Father’s plan, to live in His grace day by day, to love unconditionally, and to be thankful in every situation.

For me, she is a portrait of true love in the broken world. A hero for every woman. She surely has flaws, but in the end, she’ll show up as a blazed jewel.

I also learn something from it. Love is not just an emotion or a feeling. Commitment is woven in every aspect of love. It can't be separated from love. I believe commitment is the element that makes the wife love her husband unconditionally (in good and bad, prosperity and poverty, etc).

When commitment is separated from love
IT IS NOT LOVE.