Sunday, January 23, 2011

Messy Love

The God of creation is so incredibly powerful, it can be terrifying to trust in him. I know from experience. But his love is the most beautiful, majestic, set apart, stunning, splendid experience you will ever have. However, the world has twisted and mangled the meaning of love to an unrecognizable putridity.

And so we know and rely on the love God has for us.
   God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them.
                                                                          -1 John 4:16

According to this verse, God is love. But, the world has made love into an ugly, "perfect", torturous object. I placed perfect in quotes because media has influenced society to believe perfect love is never having to say you're sorry, never fighting, always happy. This is an impossibility, since falling in love is a messy, painful, growing process. Love is made perfect in death. It was made perfect when The Creator of the universe willingly gave his one-and-only, unique son for his creation made out of love, to love. You were made to love. Hatred is born straight from evil, from Satan himself. If you are going to read my blogs, you will have to accept that I believe in Heaven and Hell, in good and evil, in Yahweh and Satan. Since God is love, love cannot be beaten. Falling in love with God can happen in an instant or it can take years. As with any relationship, it takes work. You need to set aside time, be honest, loyal, trusting. It is one of the scariest things you will do, if you have trust/control  issues. You have the most amazing God waiting for you to say yes, to accept him as your one true love. It will be messy at times, but what a beautiful mess it will be.

1 comment:

  1. I am in total agreement with you on these points. Our relationship with God is work.

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