Yesterday, October 22, 2019 was our 40th wedding anniversary. Would you believe it? My wife and I have been happily married for forty years now! Isn’t that amazing? I thank the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit for allowing us to enjoy life and love for all these past 40 years.

Once in a while for all those 40 years of married life, my wife and I would go out for dinner along with our kids to celebrate our wedding anniversaries and that’s it. But this time last night, it was somewhat different. We invited some friends and family to join us in the celebration. Just a simple dinner with friends and family at Barcino, a Spanish restaurant.

Joy, happiness, love, these are things we want to have. Just like in Walt Disney’s fairy tales where the story ends with “…and they lived happily ever after!” we also want that dream to come true in our lives. But the reality is, there are many broken, unhappy marriages all around us. Such is our fallen human condition.

Where does love come from anyway? Well, it comes from God who is love. Our Triune God who is Father, Son and Holy Spirit is a community of love. God’s purpose in creating man is so that we can participate and share in that life and love that the Father, Son and Holy Spirit have been enjoying for all eternity.

In marriage as well as in the family, we experience and feel that love. Why do fathers enjoy their little boys? Why do mothers enjoy their babies? Why do they love their kids? Did it just happen out of nowhere? Of course not. It comes from God who is love. He gives us his love through Jesus Christ in the Spirit so that we may enjoy life and love together in a loving community of persons at this present time and for all eternity as well. Isn’t that great?

I thank my God for this wonderful blessing. Thank you Lord for allowing us to enjoy life and love now on this side of life and onwards to eternity in the afterlife.