True love is a love that is true. It isn't necessarily romantic but it is very real. Although romantic love from a love that is true, is really special. True love melts... like butter... and makes everything better.
Scientific studies can be tainted by bias, but over and over again, we get reports that in moderation, real butter is good. Thank goodness. It tastes better than the fake stuff and it melts like none of the imposters.
"True love is like butter. There are no substitutes for the real thing."
Coke used to borrow a song lyric for their commercials, "Ain't nothing like the real thing baby." (Good morning Earworm... now he's singing". Let's face it. The real thing is always better.
For so many years, a people longed for a Messiah. Not really sure what what he would look like, but they had all kinds of ideas. A baby born to a woman the town gossiped about because of her pregnancy and the way her customary betrothal was handled. Not completely customary. They were likely the talk of the town.
Then, the child was a bit different. He loved to spend time in the wilderness, but obediently learned his earthly father's trade. He was unusually perceptive, with a deep understanding of the scriptures. Mary and Joseph loved him with the deep abiding love of a mother and father. For Joseph, who was present at his birth... Jesus was his son... not by genes but by the love that grew out of choosing Mary and choosing to be a father to the child conceived by God. Did he wake up even one day after the angel's visit feeling ordinary?
True love. Love that is true. It sticks through thick and thin. Somehow, weathering the thick and the thin makes it stronger, sweeter and more special. Yes. True love, love that is true... it melts our hearts and makes everything sweeter..
Romans 12:15 works again:
" Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep."
Memorize it. Live it. Savor it. Celebrate it. Embrace the gift.
Today, I am grateful for true love... love that is true...and butter.
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