Let Me Call You Sweetheart

Sanibel Island sunset



"Arise, my darling, my beautiful one, and come along...
My beloved is mine, and I am his."
Song of Solomon 2:13,16

Superman brought me to Sanibel Island to celebrate our 47th Valentine's Day together. On this same island in 2012, I wrote...

Cordage of the cares of life twine

‘Round about this heart of mine,

Creep into my thoughts at night

Invade my soul and choke it tight.

Then one day my toes touched sand

Along the shore beside my man

And rode a bike built just for two

Then watched the sun drop out of view.

In one short while I was astounded

My vines of woe could not be founded.

Somehow, they slipped away from me

And silently drifted out to sea.

Ahhh…

How grand ‘twould be to go about

With no fears, no woes, no doubts,

With heart at peace and mind at rest -

 My disposition at its best.

Then these words I did recall

An invitation for one, for all.

“Give Me your cares,” my Jesus said,

“Lie down in peace upon your bed.”

“For I am greater than the sea.

Let go.

Let woes

Drift up to Me.”

Happy Valentine's Day, beloved. Jesus is ours and we are His.