12/01/2017
WHAT IT REALLY MEANS TO LOVEâ
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Some of the greatest insights on what it means to love someone come from the pen of the apostle Paul: âNo matter what I say, what I believe, and what I do, Iâm bankrupt without love. Love never gives up. Love cares more for others than for self. Love doesnât want what it doesnât have. Love doesnât strut, doesnât have a swelled head, doesnât force itself on others, isnât always âme first,â doesnât fly off the handle, doesnât keep score of the sins of others, doesnât revel when others grovel, takes pleasure in the flowering of truth, puts up with anything, trusts God always, always looks for the best, never looks back, but keeps going to the end. Love never diesâ (vv. 3-8 MSG). â
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Peter had been married to Jean for twenty years. One night in bed she said, âWhen we were first married you used to buy my favourite foodâ A little irritated, he says But you like Chinese and you can't have it now you're coeliac. âWhen we were young you used to snuggle up to me,â Jean said. Even more slowly, Peterâs body creaks and turns, nestling against hers. âWhen we were young you used to nibble on my ear,â she whispered. Abruptly he throws back the covers and jumps out of bed. Bewildered, Jean asks, âWhere are you going?â âTo get my teeth!â he grumbles. To nibble on an ear when youâre full of romance and bubbling hormones is one thing. To nibble on that same ear years later when it holds a hearing aid, when the scent in the air is vapour rub, and when you have to get up to get your teeth - thatâs love!â
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To cut a long story short Peter and Jean run the Coeliac Group in Penrith and inspired me to write this story. They have loved dining at Sweet Mandarin and drive hundreds of miles to keep the love alive with a gluten free Chinese meal. Nudge for Peter next step is to come on the gluten free Chinese cookery school.â
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I 'm confident Jean will be so touched with your gluten free Chinese banquet.â
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Yoursâ
Lisaâ
Chief Sauce Maker and Cookery School Teacher