Just in time for Valentine’s Day, Texas Miz Mike #7 mystery-romance-suspense “Bridge Home” was released—but, wait! It is not the best love story ever written.
Great love stories light our inner fires and inspire us. Some of the most famous include William Shakespeare’s “Romeo & Juliet,” Emily Bronte’s “Wuthering Heights,” Leo Tolstory’s “Anna Karenina,” Boris Pasternak’s “Doctor Zhivago,” and Victor Hugo’s “The Hunchback of Notre Dame.” Other great love stories revolve around remarkable people like John Smith and the Indian Princess Pocahontas, Marie and Pierre Curie, and Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.
This is just a fleeting mention of some of the world’s greatest love stories because nearly all life-changing, life-impacting stories contain an element of love. Not surprising since God’s Word proclaims, “Love never fails,” and “Now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.” (1 Corinthians, Chapter 13).
My favorite love stories tend to be embedded in musicals. The social commentary and unforgettable music in “Show Boat;” faith victorious in “The Sound of Music,” rollicking fun in “Calamity Jane” and “Annie Get Your Gun,” and the soul-plumbing “South Pacific.” And of course the musical everyone in Scotland hates—but I’ve always loved, “Brigadoon.”
Whether they end in tragedy, or joy and “happy ever after,” love and love stories make life worth living.
Happy Valentine’s Day! Don’t forget to read the greatest love story ever written. It’s written in God’s blood. Jesus said, “Greater love has no man than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.” Then He proved it by dying for us.
“For God so loved the world that He sent His only Son that whosoever believes in Him shall not perish but have everlasting life.” (John 3:16).
God’s love story about us and for us is greater than any love story ever written by humans—even William Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” which is still ranked #1 in love stories 400 years after it was written.
As for “Bridge Home,” well, I hope you’ll read it, enjoy it, and leave a review—but trust me…it won’t the list.
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Great post!
Thanks, Victoria! That’s so sweet of you. Hope you are having a lovely Valentine’s Day. God bless.
Wonderful take on love stories. I just saw The Great Comet, based on a passage from War and Peace. It made me think back on Les Miserables and how it was based on a novel. I never really connected literature to Broadway before. I’m heading over to amazon to check out your book. Happy Valentine’s day!
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed the blog. Now I have to check out “The Great Comet”! Hope you enjoy my book if you decide to get it. Happy Valentine’s Day! Love does indeed make the world go around.
I don’t know how I missed this, Steph! I’m so sorry! It’s a bit late for me to share it now…Valentine’s day is long gone, but of course the thoughts and sentiments remain!
Thanks, Val! You were busy getting a book out, and I’m so glad! I’ve already started it and I’m so proud of you. Already #3, and I bet it will be #1 by tomorrow! Way to go! Have a joyful evening!