May I have this Dance? And the Next? And the Next?

Day 14: Dating the People of the Resurrection

Last night Big D played matchmaker. He has such a great time scoping out the "perfect girl" for his brother and then working up the nerve to talk to this girl on behalf of his brother and then encouraging his brother to go and talk to her. By the end of the night he had a difficult time pulling his brother away from this girl to go home. Today, his brother told him he had been thinking about her all day.

Ahhh new love, it's so fun and nervewracking and consuming all at once. You want to be with that person all the time, you want to know what they think about random things (like crunchy or creamy peanut butter) as well as the meaningful decisions (ELCA or LCMS). New love is both silly and profound. Little quarks are cute and interesting (later they might just be annoying). Attraction can be magnetic and powerful. Attraction is magnified, in part, simply becuse the other is attracted to you.

It's been awhile since Big D and I have lost all sense when it comes to one another. It is more likely now, that we loose all sense over a TV series or a peaceful, quiet house or a great meal. I know, not neccessarily the most romantic of things. But there's something to be said for a practical kind of love as well.

 

Besides, we are both been courted by the greatest of lovers. Within our marriage vows we get to experience the kind of love that not only makes us weak in our knees but is also strongest when we are weak. Getting to know this lover is fun. Not ever being able to understand his love is nervewracking. And his desire for us is definitely all-consuming. He wants to be with us, ALL THE TIME. He wants to be a part of our random and important decisions. He knows our quarks and loves us despite of them. We are magnetized to each other and to him because of his powerful love. His love that has resulted in us living (and dating) as people of the resurrection.