Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
1 Corinthians 13:4

     That's the passage I happen to fall across as I read my Bible.  God is speaking to us about love, and what that word really means.  I think to myself as I read this passage.

     Do I have that real love in my life?  The purest sense of the word that makes it holy?  That feeling that makes you devote yourself entirely to those you love, that makes you willing to do anything for them, and to sacrifice anything for their well-being?

     I believe I do.

     I know what God wants me to do when I love someone.  He wants me to put myself aside and devote myself to that person that He has willed me to be with forever.  He wants me to vow to her that I will never abandon her, never desert her, never do anything that would cause her pain.

     I didn't know who God wanted me to be with.  Sure, I had been in relationships before, but none of them had that feeling that you get when you know you've found the one that God wants you to be with.  After while, I began to wonder when, if ever, I would find that person.

     I prayed unceasingly that God would guide me to her.  It didn't take long for my prayer to be answered.

     I had returned from a mission to help the Church when I saw her.  The most beautiful female I had ever seen in my life.  My heart nearly stopped and I was filled with the most wonderful feeling I had ever felt in my life.  I was a nervous wreck to approach her, but I did; because I somehow knew she was the one.

     Looking back, I sometimes laugh at myself for not noticing her sooner.

     My Halo is perfect in every way.  She's sweet, loving, beautiful, faithful to God and to myself, and also has the same sense of love that I do, that sense that God tells us it is in.

     I gently close my Bible for the night.  It's 11:30.  I didn't realize I had been up that late.  It's easy to get lost into the words when one is reading Scripture.  I feel my beloved Halo stir.  She's sleeping next to me, with her head on my shoulder and her arms wrapped around me.  She looks like an angel when she sleeps.  It nearly brings tears to my eyes.  I'm so lucky to have found her, and I thank God everyday that he brought me to her.

     I gently stroke my hand across her cheek.  She stirs slightly, but doesn't wake.  I lean down and gently kiss her forhead.  I love her so much, I don't know what I'd do without her.

     Sleep well, my gift from God.  I'll be here beside you, forever.