Let’s talk about love.
The other day some of my team members, Kelly and Chantai, and myself went on a little walk down the beach. We were given the task to let Jesus lead our steps for the afternoon. After praying and walking, Chantai had the vision from Jesus to ask couples about their love stories. Off we went walking up and down the beach going from couple to couple asking about their love stories. What surprised me the most was the resistance we received. It didn’t matter if someone had been a couple for a few months or married for fifty years, people did not want to share. Out of the many couples we asked about their love stories, we only had a solid three couples share. The three stories we heard were beautiful and the love was obviously evident in their relationships, but the reason I am writing this blog is the resistance to share our love.
We live in a world that is over-sexualized and thrives off the marketing of sex. So much so that people sell other people for sex. Porn is one of the fastest growing industries in the world and human trafficking is the fastest growing criminal industry in the world. You cannot turn on the television without seeing some kind of sex scene. Songs we listen to on the radio are drenched in words about giving our bodies to others. But where is the love?! Why are we willing to talk about sex, but not love?
Moment of vulnerability here, I have never been in love nor have I ever had sex, but if I was in love with a man I know I would be radiant and boasting about it. I would want to share my love with every person I meet who asked me about it. I don’t think I would broadcast the physical moments shared between me and the one I love. Then I got to think more about it. Do I share my love with Jesus this way? Do I boast about it or when someone asks am I resistant to share? Do I only glorify the things “do” with Jesus, the physical?
We say the well know verse all the time, “For God so loved the who that he gave his one and only Son” (John 3:16), but are we willing to give? God gave it ALL. But we hide our love for Jesus, trading it in to sit in comfort. We hide behind the bible verses we posts, the pictures of us helping other people, and the reposts of something a famous pastor somewhere said. In a way we are only showing the physical side of our relationship with Jesus. We never let people into the vulnerability of our love for Jesus. I want people to see the intimate emotions I have for Jesus. How He makes me feel so loved that my heart sometimes expands to capacity. I want people to see the excitement I have when He holds me closely and tells me I am beautiful. I want people to know how I get mad at Him when things are not going the way I expect, but He still stands firm beside me. I want others to see that He has made be known and adored. In return, He never lets me go. HIS LOVE NEVER FAILS.
People need to know the way He loves us personally and the way we love Him back.
Jesus is always there loving us. HE DIED FOR US. There is nothing greater in the world that deserves boasting about than the love we get to have because of the fact that Jesus gave His life. He gave it all. So let’s talk about LOVE. Stop hiding behind the meaningless posts and be vulnerable. Talk about Him. Be bold in the way you love Him and share about His love.
“Walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.” -Ephesians 5:2
