Obedience is God’s love language

Hope Bonarcher considers what we can learn from the words of the disciple who arguably knew Jesus best

As a romance-loving, somewhat ditsy heroine with a heart of gold, I’m not ashamed to admit – I love Valentine’s Day. Unfortunately, I seem to have entered into the marriage covenant with an anti-romantic. It didn’t start that way. As my boyfriend, my husband’s romance game was, as the young people say, goals. Once, I showed him my most prized possession, folded up on yellowing typewriter paper and tucked away in my childhood Bible: it was an old poem my beloved grandfather had written me. My beau surprised me by sneaking it away and having it framed. He asked my (curmudgeonly, intimidating) father for my hand in marriage before proposing to me. Most prominently though, he introduced me to Jesus, and, as all Christian women know, that pretty much takes the cake for romantic overtures.