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Love Does: Chapter 7 – Santa Maria by Bob Goff
D o you remember falling in love the first time? I do. I was a Young Life leader in college along with religious deal. A girl just out of college named Maria came to help Doug and me because we didn’t have any college-age women leaders. I was standing up front playing songs on the guitar when Maria walked in the room. When I saw her, I immediately broke a string, leaned over, and whispered to Doug, “That’s Mrs. Goff.” I asked Maria later what she remembers about that night, and she says she doesn’t remember whispering anything to anybody about me.
If Jesus has taught me anything, though, it’s that sometimes you can really want to know somebody and it takes them forever to want to know you back. The day I saw Maria was ten days before Valentine’s Day. And since I had already secretly claimed her as my bride, I figured I’d better let her get to know me. You know that feeling where you don’t know what to do with yourself? Everything reminds you of that person. A painting, a sunset, children playing, a couple holding hands, a paperclip, my wristwatch, everything.
Yet thinking about them just isn’t enough; you just need to do something, anything. week and a half, so I did the most sensible thing I could think of: make her a huge Valentine’s Day card. I got two huge sheets of four-foot-by-eight-foot cardboard and glued the edges together. A perfect envelope. I made a stamp the size of a doormat and put it on the envelope upside down. (Guys, you know that means “I love you,” right? If not, back to finishing school for you.) Inside, I took another four-foot-by-eight-foot piece of cardboard and wrote, “Maria, will you be my Valentine?” Simple: sometimes you can really want to know somebody and it takes them forever to want to know you back.
Love Does: Chapter 7 – Santa Maria by Bob Goff
Love Does: Chapter 7 - Santa Maria by Bob Goff