Have you ever been in love?
Like seriously in love - you talk to him every day and text him when you aren't talking and see him every chance you get? Like you want to tell him all your good and bad news first? Like nothing you do could ever be as fun without him? Like you miss his presence on girls night and hanging with your family?
I feel you. I am a champion at falling in love. In fact, I watched the movie Country Strong shortly after my own bouts with depression and suicidal tendencies. I internalized the lead character's advice: "Don't be afraid to fall in love; it's the only thing that matters in life. The only thing. You just fall in love with as many things as possible."
This is a good tactic for getting yourself out of depression. Lupe Fiasco, in his song, "2Ways" says, "you really like summer, you really like music, you really like reading, LOVE." He's following similar advice.
But once you've given yourself reasons to keep living, to continue getting out of bed in the morning, there ought to be something more.
Would you believe me if I said each and every one of us was intelligently designed for the sole purpose of being head over heels, elbows over ankles, in love?
With God.
It might seem crazy because we find it so much easier to love things we can touch - ice cream, piano keys, grass, and a man's finger tips... but imagine for a second that your Lover doesn't have a job and yet still has boundless resources to shower on you? So no matter when you want to "call Him," He's available and willing. He gives gifts so much better than you can even imagine, much less pick out in a store. Consider that the enormous capacity you - especially as a woman - possess for loving (we pick up dirty socks, change dirty diapers, and still manage to smile and give hugs) is primarily for loving God. Understand that the only reason you are such a fantastic lover is because you have first been loved by Someone omniscient, omnipresent, and omnipotent. And He deserves our reciprocation.
Don't be afraid to fall in love. But falling for God will eradicate the need to fall for anything else. All other "loves" are just gifts from God.
After all, God is the definition of Love (1 John 4:8).
#iLoveLove
Like seriously in love - you talk to him every day and text him when you aren't talking and see him every chance you get? Like you want to tell him all your good and bad news first? Like nothing you do could ever be as fun without him? Like you miss his presence on girls night and hanging with your family?
I feel you. I am a champion at falling in love. In fact, I watched the movie Country Strong shortly after my own bouts with depression and suicidal tendencies. I internalized the lead character's advice: "Don't be afraid to fall in love; it's the only thing that matters in life. The only thing. You just fall in love with as many things as possible."
This is a good tactic for getting yourself out of depression. Lupe Fiasco, in his song, "2Ways" says, "you really like summer, you really like music, you really like reading, LOVE." He's following similar advice.
But once you've given yourself reasons to keep living, to continue getting out of bed in the morning, there ought to be something more.
Would you believe me if I said each and every one of us was intelligently designed for the sole purpose of being head over heels, elbows over ankles, in love?
With God.
It might seem crazy because we find it so much easier to love things we can touch - ice cream, piano keys, grass, and a man's finger tips... but imagine for a second that your Lover doesn't have a job and yet still has boundless resources to shower on you? So no matter when you want to "call Him," He's available and willing. He gives gifts so much better than you can even imagine, much less pick out in a store. Consider that the enormous capacity you - especially as a woman - possess for loving (we pick up dirty socks, change dirty diapers, and still manage to smile and give hugs) is primarily for loving God. Understand that the only reason you are such a fantastic lover is because you have first been loved by Someone omniscient, omnipresent, and omnipotent. And He deserves our reciprocation.
Don't be afraid to fall in love. But falling for God will eradicate the need to fall for anything else. All other "loves" are just gifts from God.
After all, God is the definition of Love (1 John 4:8).
#iLoveLove
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