Life, Love, Chocolate

let me share you this.

An entry I read on a favorite blog caught my eye. It was the morning of his ninth wedding anniversary. Not having a lot of money, the writer ran out to get his wife, Heidi, their favorite French pastry- pain au chocolat. After sprinting several miles, he arrived home, exhausted, to find her in the kitchen just pulling a chocolate-filled croissant out of the oven. It was pain au chocolat.

That husband, Jeff, compared his life with Heidi to the lives of the people in O. Henry's short story "Gift of Magi." It tells a man who sold his lone possession of value, a pocket watch, to buy hair combs for his wife, who had sold her long, beautiful hair to buy a gold chain for his watch.

Having no money concerns would be great but realizing the immeasurable value of the people we care about is more important. We sometimes need a reminder that acquiring "things" is not nearly as important as appreciating the people Gos has placed in our lives. When we practice putting others' interests before our own, we learn what it means to love, serve, and sacrifice, In fact, that's how we pattern Christ in our relationships.

LIFE, LOVE and CHOCOLATE taste better when shared with others.

--Cindy Hess Casper

in reality most of us are afraid to give too much because we are always afraid that it will not be given back. but like God's love for us, let us love without asking anything in return.

let us love without any hesitation.

let us love with all our heart.

let us share love as we share our favorite chocolates with others.