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Achin', Breakin' Valentine
by Dr. Ralph F. Wilson
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The mechanic's girlfriend, her belly swollen with a baby a
few weeks away from birth, sits the car waiting for him to finish
up with me, his last customer, and take her home. Just then an
attractive young woman drives up and the mechanic walks over to
her.
Smiling, she hands him a red envelope, obviously a
Valentine. Who is she? I wonder. A neighbor? A good friend?
She obviously has affection for him. The mechanic comes back and
mutters to me, "My girlfriend is looking daggers at her. That
was my ex-wife."
She still loves him. I can see that.
I think of another Lover bringing a message to one
estranged. This Valentine isn't written with pen and paper but
with lacerated flesh and oozing blood. The inscription on the
outside reads, "For God so loved the world that He gave His only
begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him should not perish
but have everlasting life."
"Thanks," we mumble embarrassedly, as we glance over to see
if our "ex" has spotted our current distraction close at hand.
"That was real nice of you," we say.
We read the words inside: "God demonstrates his own love
for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for
us." It is love that wrote the Valentine. Pained but giving
love. Forgiving love. Love filled with hurt, but love
nevertheless.
I watch the young woman drive off, still smiling. But
behind her smile, I'm sure, is a lump in her throat. I wonder
if she'll give him another card next Valentine's Day. I wouldn't
bet against it.
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