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Love Has Many Faces

Charlotte BurkholderLeave a comment

November 30, 2025

Romantic love pours like rain on the wedding day; Tested love soaks in after many years of marriage. Someone made this comparison:

Romance is flying, but love is a safe landing.

Romance seeks perfection, but Love forgives faults.

Romance is fleeting, but love is long.

Romance anguishes as it waits for the phone to ring

to bring a voice that says sweet things,

Love is the anguish of waiting for a call that assures you

that someone you love is safe and happy.

Romance is suspense, anticipation, and surprise,

but Love is dependability.

Romance is dancing in the moonlight, gazing deep into desired

eyes,but Love is saying, “You’re tired,

honey, I’ll get up this time.”

Romance is delicious, but Love nourishes. – Anonymous

Our love for each other had grown through 25 years of married life as we raised our family. “Family Stories for God’s Glory” tells the story of our astonishing 25th wedding anniversary. A jaw-dropping surprise awaited us as we arrived home from church to find our lawn and house filled with smiling faces of family and friends. Some had driven many miles and sacrificed other desired events to celebrate with us. The love of our children had made it all happen.

Love has many faces. Romance, married love tested by the years, love for children, love of children, love of friends and extended family, And, I would be grossly negligent if I didn’t mention the greatest love of all–the amazing, unconditional love of God for each of us who are created in His image.

May your day be blessed with all kinds of love,

Charlotte

Link: godinlifesmoments.com
“Family Stories for God’s Glory,” is sold on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Blessings Bookstore, Harrisonburg, VA., and Rocktown Historical Museum in Dayton, VA. You may also order directly from: chburkholder12@gmail.com

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LIFE IS NOT PERFECT

Charlotte BurkholderLeave a comment

June 8, 2024

We live in a fallen world so why should we expect life to be perfect. We shouldn’t, yet somehow I grew up with dreams of a perfect life. I wanted to be married, have babies (I love babies), and have a little home of our own. But of course, I found out long before that happened that things did not always turn out the way I had hoped. Yet it seemed that “hope” was always residing in the back of my mind that this event, this circumstance, this important occasion would be just perfect.

I always wanted our Christmas celebrations to be perfect. As our family grew from children to married adults, to grandchildren (twelve of them) there were more and more people I wanted to please. Time after time, in spite of my best laid plans, something would flaw our celebrations.

Then one Christmas I was hit with a brilliant truth. Life is not perfect, so don’t expect it to be. Part of my Christmas preparations included a list of truths that I would commit to following:

  • Life is not perfect.
  • Things do not always work out like we want them to.
  • There will be some things you wish hadn’t happened.
  • God is in control.
  • It doesn’t matter if Christmas isn’t perfect.

Christmas brunch was ready. Eighteen of us gathered around two tables in two separate rooms. Grandchildren were at the kitchen table and adults were seated in the dining room. As I lifted my fork with the first bite of egg casserole, something happened that I wish wouldn’t have. The title for this story in the book is, “My Oxymoron Christmas.”

Anything happen to you that you wish hadn’t?

Maybe you can relate.

God is in control!

Charlotte