So You're in the Mood for Love; What's Love to You?

I was once asked to explain God’s love, during an interview. I quickly remembered a story I heard about a couple who had grew up together. It appeared that they were madly in love and happy but there was an issue. The young lady had been born blind and never could see her boyfriend. While making small talk, the young man asked her, if she could one day see, would she marry him? She quickly replied with a astounding, “Yes”. As some years passed, the couple caught wind of a doctor in Switzerland who had successfully performed an eye transplant. The couple contacted the facility and arranged for the young lady to be put on the waiting list.

To the couple’s surprise, the facility scheduled the young lady to undergo the eye transplant. They flew to Switzerland, met the doctor and prepared her for the surgery. After the surgery was complete, the young lady had to wear bandages over her eyes for a couple of weeks. The young man was right beside her, every step of the way; and never left her hospital room.

After two weeks, the bandages were removed and the young lady could see! The young woman was excited to be able to see for the first time in her life. The young man was excited also because he remembered what she told him prior to the surgery. So the young man reminded the young lady about marrying him if she could one day see. To his surprise the young lady looked at him and said, “I’m sorry, I don’t want to marry you”.  The young man was stricken with grief as he turned and walked out of the hospital room. Right before he got to the door, the young man turned around to face the young woman and said, “Take care of my eyes”.