I read this story from a post on LinkedIn written by Hiram Figueroa Jr. It’s a love story – and it will truly touch your heart.
He is 85 and insists on taking his wife’s hand everywhere they go. When he was asked why his wife kept looking away, he responded, “Because she has Alzheimer’s.”
Then he was asked, will your wife worry if you let her go? He then replied, ′′She doesn’t remember anything, she doesn’t know who I am anymore, she hasn’t recognized me for years.”
Surprised, I said, “And you have continued to guide her every single day even though she doesn’t recognize you?” The elderly man smiled and looked into my eyes and said, ′′She may not know who I am, but I know who she is, and she is the love of my life.”
When I read this story, I immediately thought of the similarities of how God loves us. Sometimes, we are distracted by the shiny objects or the golden calves in our lives and we take our eyes off of our Father.
Sometimes, we forget how we are never left alone in our struggles, our pain, our suffering, and our troubles because God is standing right next to us ready to guide us by the hand.
Sometimes we do not recognize God in those around us, often overlooking the small miracles that touch us throughout our day thinking that these happenings were simply a coincidence.
Sometimes, we look the other way when we don’t see what we want to see, thinking that it will be better if we ignore the problem or put it off to another day.
But even when we turn our gaze, God is still there – loving us. No matter what we do, what we say, or even what we think, we are loved and forgiven. We may not ever know who we are, but God knows who we are. Each one of us was created in God’s image, and God knows each of us by name.
And yes, we are the love of God’s life.
Find out how much God really loves us by reading this.
