As many of my listeners know, I lost my wonderful wife, Adonica, to Acute Myeloid Leukemia nearly seven years ago. I could not have then imagined my life without her, and now all I have left are nice pictures and pleasant memories. I miss her and still occasionally shed bitter tears, but I have our two beautiful children who remind me every day of the woman I cherished for twenty years. God has been gracious to me. Many people never find true love. I did once in my life.
“But I want you to be free from concern. One who is unmarried is concerned about the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord; but one who is married is concerned about the things of the world, how he may please his wife, and his interests are divided…. This I say... to promote what is appropriate and to secure undistracted devotion to the Lord,” (1st Corinthians 7.32-34a, 35).
But my life is not over. Maybe I will love and be loved again. I hope so. Until then, today is my new opportunity overcome my natural selfishness and learn “to secure undistracted devotion to the Lord.”
