Today's English lesson topic: love and dating. Who doesn't have an opinion on this subject?
The most difficult part of teaching isn't the lesson preparations or students' questions or even the actual teaching–it's listening to my students tell me with complete confidence the lies they believe.
"I have to be interesting for someone to love me. Many relationships end because a person is boring."
"I am a bad person and I wish I could change, but I cannot."
"I have to make a lot of money before someone can love me."
I heard so many students tonight talk about wanting to be understood, wanting to be seen, wanting someone to stick patiently alongside him or her . . . I heard students debate whether or not men should be chivalrous, and how intentional should dating be . . . But really, I felt the Father's heart breaking as I heard men and women, from ages 10 to 27, express deep hunger for love without knowing the source of all love.
I heard Him say . . .
Don't you know, don't you know how loved you are? Not for the show you put on for others, not for your accomplishments, not for how attractive you are, not for your wit, not for your intelligence . . . but for being you. I knew you before you were even formed in your mother's womb. I know the depths of you, the most hidden parts. My heart has been broken since the day you were born because we have not been together.
How I long to be with you, how I long to love you. You were created for My love. You were created to be My son, to be My daughter. No amount of approval from the world will be enough until you know that first and foremost, you were approved by Me. Be loved by Me.
There is no life, no real life, apart from God. Creation longs for the revealing of its Creator. Labels fall away so easily, what use is it to rest hope in the transitory things of this world?
We were made for love. We were made for Love.
