s often happens, a young man met a woman at Bible College and did not realize that she would eventually become his wife. As the days passed, his love for her blossomed like a rose bud. He can laugh now when he looks back to the time that he took a trip to Denver, Colorado by automobile for a missionary organization. It took two days to get there. During the trip he could only think about her mile after mile and turn after turn. In the evenings he would write her a letter about the events of each day. They were his version of a love letter. He told her how much gas the car consumed and how many miles they had traveled. At the end of each letter he would drop a hint that he loved her. He and his wife laugh now about those letters, but she knew and he knew that there was more to those letters than gasoline and mileage. His thoughts were of her and nothing else. Faith A. Mill’s poem probably describes what he was like on that trip, “I climbed up the door, and I shut the stairs. I said my shoes, and took off my prayers. I shut off my bed, and I climbed into the light, and all because he kissed me good night.” Anyone who has been in love, understands the passion of this poem. His future wife had not kissed him; she did not need to.

Burning Hearts. Recently a group of Christians were asked the question, “Do you know God more than your spouse?” How would you answer the question? What is the greatest passion of your heart? How you answer will reveal who occupies your thoughts. Your answer will tell you how much you really want to know about God. Do you want to love God and know Him more than your spouse or best friend? Whom do you think about and whom do you want to know most? Who consumes your thoughts and fans the flame in your heart?