There is a love stronger than the chaos, running underneath us - beckoning us to go below the skin-deep externals, beyond the wind, even into the eye of the storm.
— Jon Foreman
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“It is by loving, and not by being loved, that one can come nearest the soul of another; yea, that, where two love, it is the loving of each other, that originates and perfects and assures their blessedness. I knew that love gives to him that loveth, power over any soul be loved, even if that soul know him not, bringing him inwardly close to that spirit; a power that cannot be but for good; for in proportion as selfishness intrudes, the love ceases, and the power which springs therefrom dies. Yet all love will, one day, meet with its return. ”
― George MacDonald, Phantastes
A perennial love.
As someone who is not married, it is always intriguing to see what characteristics make great couples work so successfully. Alex and Izak share a wonderful relationship built on loving transparency and constancy, and it has been evident as I have got to know this beautiful couple. As high school sweet-hearts their relationship has all the looks of "in love bliss" but is seated in a deep devotion and loyalty, qualities that will carry their marriage, no matter what. I can't wait to see their marriage bear all the fruits of commitment and loyalty. A rare thing in a world of fast passions.
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