Love in Action

In preparing for our study on Love I came across this beautiful description of "love in action". I thought it does a wonderful job of summarizing, in very practical terms, what the Fruit of love looks like in day-to-day living.

In Letters to an Unborn Child, David Ireland wrote to the child in his wife’s womb, in part, because he knew he might never see the child. David was dying of a neurological crippling disease. He wrote in one of his letters; "Your mother is very special. Few men know what it’s like to receive appreciation for taking their wives out to dinner when it entails what it does for us. I mean that she has to dress me, shave me, brush my teeth, comb my hair, wheel me out of the house and down the steps, open the garage and put me in the car, take the pedals off the chair, stand me up, sit me in the seat of the car, twist me around so that I’m comfortable, fold the wheelchair, put it in the car, go around to the other side of the car, start it up, back it out, get out of the car, pull the garage door down, get back into the car, and drive off to the restaurant.

And then, it starts all over again; she gets out of the car, unfolds the wheelchair, opens the door, spins me around, stands me up, seats me in the wheelchair, pushes the pedals out, closes and locks the car, wheels me into the restaurant, then takes the pedals off the wheel chair so I won’t be uncomfortable. We sit down to have dinner, and she feeds me throughout the entire meal.

And when it’s over she pays the bill, pushes the wheelchair out to the car again, and reverses the same routine.

And when it’s over ---finished---with real warmth she’ll say, “Honey, thank you for taking me out to dinner.” I never quite know what to answer."

Love in Action.....what's does Love in Action look like in your world?