Musical Saturday Morning

Another of those songs so commonly played on the Kaiserslautern Army radio as we were bussed to Canadian schools for class each day ...  None of us had much of a clue what the song was about - an innocent time when maybe seniors in high school worried about such things.



Of course, today the words would be changed to "Friended".  "I love you but let's just be friends ..."  I just find it humorous how culture uses "love" as if it has an on/off switch.  Real love is I fear eternal.  We substitute "passion" for love believing they are the same.  The are not, begin with passion and you will never find love.  Begin with love and you will find passion as a component of the relationship.  It is just how we are designed.  I dare say a high percentage of divorces today are because love was never understood and only passion was acted upon.  Instead, we have "love" and "true love" or correctly: passion and love.

Sadly, I see this misunderstanding in a few of my children as well.  No one listens to the stupid old man - "you are so outdated!  that is not how it works at all."  And so, breakup after breakup, for some of them.  Pain and tears which never needed to be shed.  Hearts hardened.  Pending divorce.  Tragic.

Where does love come from?  God.
If you do not have God in your life (AND they in their life) you will never ever find love together.
Real love.
True love.
And when you stumble across it, it is the most beautiful of things.

God taught me quite the lesson once, using me, to show unconditional love for another and I am just watching myself in this scene and going ... "uhmmmmmmmm, this sure is not me!"  And I saw there was a huge amount of freedom to be found in unconditional love - His love, we are supposed to be able to model this.  But, mankind seems to like strings attached to everything!'

Auch!, whatever .....

In my culture I grew up in, a kiss was the engagement offering.
An acceptance was her kissing you back.
At this point in time - for all intents and purposes, you were married.
And yes to separate did require a formal divorce proceeding!

So, you kissed once and wisely ...