Valentines day was perfect this year. We went to a sandwhich place, came home and ate while watching the Bachelor! Adam watching the Bachelor with me kind of reminds me of this love story from the talk by Elder Wirthlin called "The Great Commandment".
In a recent message of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir’s Music and the Spoken Word, a story was told about an elderly man and woman who had been married for many decades. Because the wife was slowly losing her sight, she could no longer take care of herself the way she had done for so many years. Without being asked, the husband began to paint her fingernails for her.
“He knew that she could see her fingernails when she held them close to her eyes, at just the right angle, and they made her smile. He liked to see her happy, so he kept painting her nails for more than five years before she passed away.”
That is an example of the pure love of Christ. Sometimes the greatest love is not found in the dramatic scenes that poets and writers immortalize. Often, the greatest manifestations of love are the simple acts of kindness and caring we extend to those we meet along the path of life.
It is an amazing talk. YOu should read the whole thing.
Happy Valentines day...yesterday.
Cute pictures!
ReplyDeleteWe miss you guys and hope that you're doing well in Texas. Happy Valentines!