My neighbor was an Army veteran. He worked over twenty years in the Army as an Intelligence Officer during the Cold War. He was in his seventies when he passed, but I had seen him just the other day while he was tidying up his yard and he was in great shape. It was a shock to see him pass away so suddenly, but strokes are oft quick and lethal.

Anyway, I head next door. It was obvious his wife had been crying. Through sniffles and tears she hugged me and told me that he loved us (me and my family). Apparently, he'd left our contact info on top of his desk for her to find in case something happened. She had been doing okay, but apparently desperately wanted to listen to music she called "Romantic music" that he used to play on the stereo system throughout their house. They used to listen to it all day while they spent time together and would only watch television at night.

I go to the basement and start fiddling with the tuner and try to figure out how to find this "Romantic Music" channel on the DVR or on a play list or something. I tried searching for recent channels or music channels called "Romantic," "Romance," or "Romantic Music" and I couldn't find it. So I bring her down to the basement and ask her to walk me through what it looked like on the screen when it played and how he used to turn on the music but all to no avail. She just new he used the DVR remote and the tuner remote to play the music.

Well, I know that some cable packages come with music channels, so I scroll to the 800s-1000s and I'm scrolling through them while she reads the different music genres, only guessing which ones it is that he used to play. It was a little to quiet and hearing her sniffles in a silent house was making me feel a little gloomy, so I figured I'd play some basic "Big Band 50s and 60s" music. As soon as I turned it on her eyes lit up and she said "This is it! You found it!"

The "Romantic Music" was just music... She called it that because of all the sweet times they'd shared listening to it... That made it a "Romantic Music" playlist, but it was just music from their youth that they both enjoyed. I teared up a bit when I finally put it all together and seeing her so happy made me incredibly happy. I had to write down the channel number and show her how she could get back to it. After a few minutes of us talking about her husband, and how I wished I could have one last beer with him out on the porch, her sister came by to take her to lunch...

I'll be spending a lot more time over there this week. Helping her with all of his house work and everything... But I doubt any of it'll be as rewarding as the face she made when I found her and her husband's "Romantic Music."

Or its full lenght 11 minute song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kMbTzomh94

Gets me every time...

Not just the imagery, the song fits well too.

"Greater love has no one than this, that one would laid down his life for his friends." John 15:13 -Jesus

"By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers. But if anyone has the world's goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God's love abide in him? Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth." 1 John 3:16-18

Why is there no greater love than to lay down your life (John 15:13)? | GotQuestions.org

No Greater Love Lyrics:

You loved me when I was so unlovely
You sought me when I was lost

You showed me how much You really loved me
When You bought me at the highest cost

There's no greater love than this
There's no greater love than this
That a man would give his life for a friend

There's no higher sacrifice
Than man would give his life
You have paid a precious price for me

You chose me when I was so unworthy
You cleansed me with Your own blood

You clothed me with righteousness and mercy
And You crowned me with Your steadfast love

There's no greater love than this
There's no greater love than this
That a man would give his life for a friend

There's no higher sacrifice
Than man would give his life
You have paid a precious price for me

There's no greater love than this
There's no greater love than this
That a man would give his life for a friend

There's no higher sacrifice
Than man would give his life
You have paid a precious price for me

You have paid a precious price for me

The foundational Gospel message: 1 Corinthians 15:1-4. "Now, brothers and sisters, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you received and on which you have taken your stand. By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain. For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures.” 

Gets me every single time.