Love?...What's That?

How do I explain the love of my Jesus? What keeps me captivated by the love of someone that I’ve never physically met before? Well, I’ve been thinking about this concept of “LOVE” a lot lately, since it is the month when we specifically celebrate love. What is love? Is it a one night fling where two people get to live for a moment of happiness and excitement? Or is it when two people get married and “complete each other?”

God’s really been speaking to me recently and reminding me of what love really is.

I guess that I understand it best by realizing that it comes down to the fact that people in this world will always let you down. People change, places change, even we as individuals change. But God is always the same. His love never changes. When we turn a different direction or go through some crazy stuff—He is consistent no matter what we go through. I believe that He is center of all that is good in this world.

We may go through times that lead us into temptation or into pain or sadness, but God is always there with us and on the other side to lead us out. We always expect that people—whether it be spouses, boyfriends/girlfriends, or friends in general—to make our lives to be able to do this for us. In other words, we expect other people to make us complete. But aren’t we all just human beings? Aren’t we are all sinners? I think it’s safe to say that we all fall short of perfection in one way or another. We can’t expect our fellow brothers and sisters to life up to our perfect expectations—only God can do that.

This is why God sent His only Son to intercede on our behalf. We could never give enough sacrifice that would ever cover the enormity of our sins. This is why God came to earth as a man! Jesus was a perfect and holy sacrifice. And although He was innocent, He died on our behalf. His blood—his literal life blood—has erased my sins! Wow. That is amazing love. I know that I’ve turned my back on God so many times because I didn’t think that I needed Him anymore. But the truth is that all I am, all that I have, and all that I live for is because of my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

Because I am passionately convinced of this:

“That neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Romans 8:38-39

Wow. If that verse doesn’t say it all, I don’t know what does. True love, as Jesus gave the example, is a love that knows no bounds. It has no conditions and is not circumstantial. It is perfect and forever faithful. God is love. He is our protector, our strong tower, our Savior, our real joy-giver, and the Lover of our souls.

Let us praise the name of God, for we are graced with the presence of real love every day, as we walk this journey of life with our Jesus! Let God be the author of your life and love stories and I guarantee that He will never cease to amaze you.