TEXARKANA MONTHLY
Two in the Canoe A SARINE THOUGHT… OR TWO COLUMN BY EMILY SARINE
photo by Molly Kendrick
I LOVE “love!” To me, it is paramount to all other emotions. No matter what I am feeling, love either makes things better, or takes the sting away, making struggles a little easier to experience. I have been loved, and have loved, in so many ways: as a daughter, as a mother, as a friend, as a teammate, as a sister, as a cousin, as an aunt and as a niece. But the love I love most dearly is that I have experienced as a wife. Words cannot adequately express the joy with which the Lord has blessed me through my marriage. My husband Ross is truly a gift to me. Are there times where one of us wants to head-butt the other because one of us does something crazy-ridiculous? Of course! But most of the time on the river of life, we are moving forward together in harmony.
A few years ago, Ross and I were teachers in our church’s College and Career class (Lord, please bless the souls who sat under our teaching!). This is such a fun age group to engage. They try to act aloof, as if they have it all together, but with the reality of adulthood looming, they are actually not opposed to listening to good advice. Now, whether they will follow the advice is not always guaranteed, but they have moved past the point of eye-rolling and heavy sighing in conversations with older adults. Over the course of our time teaching this class, I developed a relationship analogy involving fresh-water vehicles on the river of life that many found humorous, though pretty accurate for romantic relationships. As a gift to all of you this Valentine’s season, I want to share the “Two in the Canoe” philosophy of love.
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