grace sparks flying high

"There are no standing lovers: 

the only way to love is to lay down.

Lay down plans.

Lay down agendas.

Lay down self.

Love is always the laying down.

This is how to make love out of a marriage: 

Love lays down it’s own wants to lift up the will of another.

Love lets go of its plans — to hold on to a person.

This is the passion of Christ.

Ours is the romanced universe. 

For God so loved, He gave….

A good marriage isn’t about reliving a good movie, 

but reliving the Good News.

Nothing is more attractive than sacrifice.

You there in the kitchen, all aflame, you make me know it again –

how marriage is two people who keep kindling 

and igniting in a thousand little ways, 

grace sparks flying high and everywhere."

Ann Voskamp - A Holy Experience