Love: Pure and Simple.

So this blog has been a long time coming. After many Midtown sermons and scripture readings I finally caved and decided I would put all the thoughts that run wildly through my head in actual coherent words. And what better topic to start with than love. Everyone can relate to it in one way or another. To some its instinctual. To others its a learned concept. But in either case its something we probably fail at miserably.

I was listening to the song "How He Loves" the other day and instead of absentmindedly singing along I stopped to think about what it actually says. I love the line that says something like "heaven meets earth like a sloppy wet kiss/ and my heart turns violently inside of my chest." Its such a beautiful picture of the perfect way to love. Wrecklessly. Passionately. Whole-heartedly. We serve a god who loves us in the most passionate and compassionate way there is. He seeks us until he finds us. He remains when we turn our backs on him. He forgives and more importantly forgets. And inspite of all of these amazing things, I find my self continuously not loving him. I get so caught up in my sinfulness that I forget to stop. Be still. And be thankful for how he loves me.

This blog is not perfect. In fact its quite far from that. But its sole purpose is to make Him known. To reveal the unspoken truth that there is somone out there who is the perfect Lover. He is jealous and compassionate and unfailing. And he offers you the simplest and purest gift in his son Jesus.

My challenge to myself (and I extend this to you) is to spend time tomorrow just loving god. Wrecklessly. Passionately. And Unashamed.