Erica Harris of Murrieta has taking a leap of love. She recently married a man she would meet for the first time in person at the Ontario International Airport (near Los Angeles). CBS2/KCAL9’s Jennifer Kastner interviewed Ms. Harris as she anxiously waited for her groom’s flight to arrive.
“You don’t drag your feet with real love. You leap into that like there’s no tomorrow, and that’s what we’re doing,” Harris said in her blissful tone.
After spending months getting to know one another long distance, a romance blossomed.
Finally, the groom bought a one-way plane ticket and minutes after he landed, Arte Vann dropped to a knee and popped the question.
She said yes.
So what was their advice to others who are looking for love?
“Don’t listen to your thoughts. Don’t listen to your head. Follow your heart. Follow your soul,” Vann said.
“For anybody that doesn’t believe in fairy tales anymore, who am I? And it can happen to you too,” Harris added. [1]
Can you imagine becoming engaged when you first meet in person? What if you don’t like the smell of his breath or she has man hands? You’d have to be pretty sure of the love you share to take such a leap.
But this is nothing to the Christian. Our engagement to Christ begins while He remains at a distance. And long before we meet, Jesus has already demonstrated His love for us by going to the cross to die for our sins. He is “true love.” Don’t drag your feet if you’ve yet to respond to Him. Leap at the chance like there’s no tomorrow! And then join the millions who wait anxiously to meet their Bridegroom in person for the first time!
“Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her” (Ephesians 5:25).
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“Murrieta Woman Marries Man She Never Met at Ontario Airport,” by Jennifer Kastner, CBS Local News, January 29, 2016; < http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2016/01/29/murrieta-woman-marries-man-she-never-met-at-ontario-airport/ >.