Thoughts on LOVE.

May has been a crazy month for me! I have been to three of my friends’ weddings and one 50th wedding anniversary celebration!

The three weddings I went to were beautiful expressions of love. They were filled with the hope and promise of a bright future together. Speeches at the receptions indicated that these people were loved by many family members and friends. It is amazing to see so many gathered supporting others’ decisions to get married.

My grandparents’ 50th wedding anniversary celebration in the midst of all of the weddings was really something special for me to witness. 50 years is an incredible amount of time to spend with another person! It was quite touching to see how much they loved each other still and how that love had grown. When we tinkled our glasses, I got to see, for the first time, my grandma and grandpa kiss and it was just as perfect as when I saw the three other couples kiss.

Now I am planning my own wedding for the end of August (to be held at Camp Assiniboia!) and I wonder if in 50 years we will shyly kiss in front of our friends and our adult children. God sees this big picture and that is something that fills me with awe and wonder. God created us to love each other and gave us the gift of marriage.

This summer at camp we get experience love. It may sound hokey but it is an exciting thing! Campers and staff get to be in an environment where they are loved and accepted just because they are people and that is an exciting thing! And who knows… maybe in 50 years you will still be talking about the love you felt at camp.