SEE YOU SOON MY LOVE..........

Oh! how my heart longs to see you again, Fred.........
i just took Fred to his ship and may not see him again for ~2 months, hopefully before thanksgiving! We found out yesterday that's he'd leave today for 2 months (we'd been aware of the 1 week fast cruise but this was nowhere on our radar! we felt like we hit a brick wall!) so i called off work for this morning, didn't go to women's care group last night, and we spent every possible second together....... every time i think "i don't have a tear left," i seem to come up with more! =) We're just so in love! and he's just so good at loving me and encouraging me!

and we cherished every moment and things seemed new and fresh and sweet! Q.T. was a priority! We SAVORED every smile, every touch, oh! those eyes! You've captured me with just one glance! oh my! and the way the light dances across his face, his bicept, his chest... and i had this thought.... how much more should we savor and desire intimacy with Jesus!!!! all this, all that happens to us leads us back to the cross! so these feelings my husband and i experience reveal something of our relationship with GOD... Jesus give us a burning desire for intimacy with You! let us know it and experience it! give us a passion for You and Your gospel!

Yesterday God gave Fred this picture of how we long for each other when we're apart... husband and wife... We desire with every breath to be together again and enjoy each other... Yet HOW MUCH MORE DOES JESUS LONG FOR HIS BRIDE!!!!! He's been separated from her for thousands of years yet His perfect love for His precious bride never tires or wanes.... He's committed and constant in His longing for her... He's relentless in His desire for her! He's always asking, "Daddy when can I go get her?"... "When can I bring her home to be with US?" ..."Oh how I love her!" "I long to dance with her and sing with her and walk with her and dine with her..." "How My heart burns within Me!"

Oh! how my heart longs to see you, Jesus.....