Falling in Love
It’s been an encouraging day. I woke up feeling cold, tired, and sick… you know those nights when you fall asleep on your arms (yes, both of them), and then they pretty much become dead weight? That definitely happened to both of my arms twice during the night. And when my alarm finally went off at 7:15 a.m., I felt like I had been hit my a mack truck. Wow was it hard to get out of bed… and then I made myself some hot anis tea because it was something like 8 degrees outside (something like that), and in the process of taking the first sip I burned my tongue AND the whole roof of my mouth. I’ve never done that before (kids, don’t try this at home - it hurts). What a great start…
But seriously, it has been an encouraging day. I wasn’t being sarcastic when I first said that.. ok, maybe a little. I read in My Utmost for His Highest before going to my 8:00 a.m. Management class. Chambers was talking about falling in love with God again.
“You are not in love with Me now, but I remember a time when you were.” He says, “I remember . . . the love of your betrothal . . .” (Jeremiah 2:2).
Is that where I am now, or have I chosen man’s wisdom over true love for Him? As I recall what God remembers about me, I may also begin to realize that He is not what He used to be to me. When this happens, I should allow the shame and humiliation it creates in my life, because it will bring godly sorrow, and “godly sorrow produces repentance . . .” (2 Corinthians 7:10).
Guys, this is deep, yet incredibly simple stuff - we are betrothed to Him! What an awesome picture of how He loves us. How simple that statement is, but how incredibly far-reaching it is… so much so that it reaches into everything that we do and say and think. Or that is how it should be anyway, right? We’ve forgotten that…
I know that when I fall in love with my future wife someday, I’m not going to just up and forget that I am in love with her. Not a chance… that love is going to be something that is so incredible and something that I want to experience everyday! I’m going to want to be with her and learn about her and love her! How much more so should it be in our daily walk with our Father? We are betrothed to Him, and He loves us - think about that.
Published on 21 Jan 2008 at 8:59 pm.
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Thank you. :)
Timothy on 21 Jan 2008 at 9:10 pm.
i agree…i was so challenged and encouraged by that reading this morning…beautiful
Olivia on 22 Jan 2008 at 12:20 am.
hmm… i reckon we could have pointed this verse out to ross and chris that time in the gang when they were saying how much they disagreed with the lyrics of that song ‘Jesus I am so in love with you’ - lol!!
Amy on 23 Jan 2008 at 7:30 am.