"O Jack"

I have been scatter brained today...so if this all appears random like Mendel's 1st Law...then so be it.

Last night, I was reading Mere Christianity (I read it often). And stumbled upon the chapter "Christian Marriage". (You would think an individual would become immune to a writer's diction, and style...but I can never quite tap out of the brilliance of C.S. Lewis. If he wasn't in Heaven...we would have been great friends here.)

Well, I've seen the Notebook more times than I have wanted. Titanic too. (O Jack). I've seen the little Disney films (I am disturbed my some people's notions that Disney Movies are equivalent to Christian Morals and Christ; and are actually in some cases more encouraged than Scripture. O Disney.)
And whats the theme here?!                                       

"And they lived happily ever after. The End."

Okay seriously...have we not been conditioned into believing this? Isn't the notion....We shall be in love forever. A constant...overwhelming state of Euphoric Love. Never ending...

O dear how dumb is this?! Has anyone tried to actually love someone?! Its near insanity at times. And near cosmic bliss at times as well. Why is it so up and down?!

O I forgot its a feeling... and so did Hollywood.

The constant theme of every "engagement book" (Man I love those two words) is that the feeling of euphoric love doesn't last...Can we please go deeper?

The reason it doens't last is because we never killed the First Thrill at all. "Only something that truly lives has died." Love that never continues is love that never died. We want to hold onto that First Thrill. "O First Thrill where did you?" "O First Thrill come entertain me?!!" "O First Thrill I wanted you to be love".

Instead..."O First Thrill you were amazing...and thank you...but is time for you to go now. Second Thrill awaits".

I will try to relate this to my life post-baseball. Do you think I would be miserable right now if I still held onto baseball as my Thrill? (What kinda question is that Tim, we know you did love the game.) My point exactly...I let that Thrill die.

 Can we look at the vows please?

From this day forward,

For better or for worse,

For richer,

For poorer,

In sickness and

In health,

Until

Death do us part.

Did Snow White write those? I think not. O God help us.