ARE YOU FALLING IN LOVE OR OUT OF LOVE??????

 

WITH VALENTINE’S DAY RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER IT MADE ME THINK OF THE LOVE RELATIONSHIPS WE HAVE AND MOST IMPORTANT THE LOVE RELATIONSHIP WE HAVE WITH JESUS BEING #1.

IT MADE ME PONDER MY RELATIONSHIP THROUGH THE YEARS WITH THE LORD AND HOW IT HAS EITHER GROWN DEEPER OR AT TIMES FELT LIKE HE WAS SO FAR AWAY.

NOW WE KNOW IN HIS WORD HE SAYS I WILL NEVER LEAVE YOU NOR FORSAKE YOU AND THAT’S WHERE WE CAN’T ALWAYS TRUST OUR FEELINGS..

IT BRINGS TO MIND THE DIFFERENT SEASONS OF LOVE OR  RELATIONSHIPS THAT WE THINK OF..

THE FIRST ATTRACTION PHASE THAT BRINGS THE EXCITEMENT THE BUTTERFLIES WHERE EVERYTHING SEEMS PERFECT AND CAN’T LIVE WITHOUT THE PERSON WE CAN’T STOP THINKING ABOUT THE OTHER PERSON. OUR LIFE WOULDN’T SEEM COMPLETE WITHOUT THAT OTHER PERSON. OUR WHOLE DAY IS CONSUMED WITH THE OTHER PERSON AND WE CAN’T WAIT TO SPEND TIME WITH EACH OTHER AGAIN.

 

THEN THE MUSHY GUSHY MAY START TO WEAR OFF AND WE MAY START SEEING ALL THE LITTLE FLAWS IN THAT PERFECT WORLD WE CREATED AND WONDER WHAT MAY HAVE HAPPENED TO ALL THOSE RACING HEART BEATS AND ANTICIPATION OF SEEING EACH OTHER AGAIN.

THAN THE TOUGH REALITIES OF LIFE MAY START SNEAKING IN AND WE SPEND LESS AND LESS TIME TOGETHER BECAUSE OF OTHER THINGS WE ALLOW OR OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES IN LIFE MAY START TAKING UP TIME.

IT BRINGS US TO THE QUESTION…..AM I FALLING MORE IN LOVE OR FALLING OUT?? DO WE WANT AND SEE SPENDING THE REST OF OUR LIFE WITH EACH OTHER?? HAS THE LORD BROUGHT YOU TWO TOGETHER FOR A LIFETIME??? PAST ALL THE FEELINGS AND THE EMOTIONS ,THE MATURE LOVE STARTS TO GROW AND FOR BETTER OR WORSE..IN SICKNESS AND IN HEALTH TILL DEATH DO US PART…NOW IS WHERE YOUR HEART IS.

IT REMINDS ME OF SWANS HOW BEAUTIFUL THEY ARE AND HOW THEY HAVE 1 MATE FOR LIFE. READ THEY  CAN ACTUALLY DIE OF A BROKEN HEART WHEN THEY LOSE THAT MATE.

THAT’S HOW THE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LORD IS, BASED ON A COMMITMENT, A COVENANT, A LIFELONG LOVE. 

IN THE BEGINNING WHEN WE FIRST ASK THE LORD TO BE OUR SAVIOUR AND INVITED HIM INTO OUR HEART THE EXCITEMENT, THE FIRE, THE LONGING TO BE IN HIS PRESENCE BEGINS. TO BE ALONE WITH HIM IN HIS WORD AND PRAYER TALKING TO HIM AND SHARING OUR HOPES AND OUR DREAMS. YOU CAN’T STOP TALKING ABOUT HIM AND SHARING HIM WITH EVERYONE. YOU DON’T EVER WANT TO LOSE THAT CLOSENESS. YOU GRAB EVERY BOOK ABOUT HIM.  I CAN”T TELL YOU HOW MANY DIFFERENT BIBLES I WENT THROUGH BECAUSE I WOULD WRITE IN ALL THEM LIKE A JOURNAL.THE HUNGER TO WANT TO KNOW ALL  ABOUT HIM AND SPEND MORE AND MORE TIME HEARING FROM HIM AND TALKING WITH HIM JUST GREW MORE AND MORE.

THEN AT TIMES WE  CAN GET BUSY WITH LIFE, RESPONSIBILITIES. FAMILY. AND SOMETIMES WE MAY ALLOW THE CARES OF THIS LIFE TO GET IN THE WAY OF THAT TIME WITH HIM. WE CAN ALSO GET SO BUSY DOING THINGS FOR HIM, SERVING HIM, ENDLESS VOLUNTEERING THAT HE WHISPERS I JUST WANT TO BE ALONE WITH YOU RIGHT NOW. 

MARK 4:19 AND THE CARES OF THIS WORLD, AND THE DECEITFULLNESS OF RICHES, AND THE LUSTS OF OTHER THINGS ENTERING IN, CHOKE THE WORD, AND IT BECOME UNFRUITFUL.

HOW TRUE THAT WE CAN ALL FALL INTO THAT TRAP OF ALL THE CONCERNS OF OUR DAY TO DAY LIFE AND PUT SO MUCH TIME AND ENERGY INTO THEM.

I HAVE TO CONFESS I ALLOWED THE CARES OF THE WORLD OR LIFE AND RESPONSIBILITIES CREEP IN AND SUCK MY ENERGY AND TIME THAT I WOULD HEAR JESUS WHISPER TO ME “I MISS YOU”. I WEPT AND REPENTED AND NOW FEEL LIKE I AM ON A HONEYMOON AGAIN. I LONG TO CATCH UP WITH HIM AND SPEND AND SHARE MY HEART MY HOPES AND LISTEN TO HIS DIRECTION AND HIS WORD I HIDE DEEP WITHIN MY HEART.

 MATTHEW 22:37  “‘You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.

SO THIS VALENTINE’S DAY I PRAY YOU KNOW THAT YOU ALWAYS HAVE A VALENTINE..SOMEONE THAT LOVES YOU THROUGHOUT ETERNITY AND  IF YOU DON’T KNOW JESUS AS THE LOVER AND PROTECTOR OF YOUR SOUL I ENCOURAGE YOU TO FALL IN LOVE WITH THE ONE WHO KNOWS YOU BETTER THAN ANYONE AND LOVED YOU ENOUGH TO DIE FOR YOU.

 

IN HIS LOVE,

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