What kind of love?

I was watching one of mine and Jaim's favorite chick-flicks last night.. One of the best things about movies is that, depending on what is happening in your life, you pick up completely different things when you watch it multiple times.

Anyway, I was watching a scene in the climax of the movie, at which point the boy who is in love with the girl has lost her to another guy. In a conversation with someone, he is asked, "Well, what kind of love it is? Is it love, big love, or great love?" Not understanding the difference, it is explained, "Love you get over in two months. Big love you get over in two years. And great love... Well, great love changes your life."

While it can be argued that the first two might not be true love, the point stands. Great love changes your life.

As I sat there watching, my mind drifted to real life. My love for Gary has absolutely changed my life. I find myself still sitting on the edge of my seat waiting for his call, trying to get dinner ready so the moment he walks in from his day he can relax, hating every morning when he gets up and leaves for work. My life is far from what it was before Gary.

And then I thought about my love for God. Has it changed my life? Is my love for him something that I can easily forget and discard? Or is it something that wakes me up every morning to meet with him, that keeps me anxiously awaiting his voice, that will lead me into the darkest pit, simply because I know it is there he wants me to be? What kind of love is the love I have for Jesus?

In that simple moment of a chick-flick drama, I was challenged on my love for my Saviour. It has changed my life. But I pray it never stops changing me. Because it is then that I have lost out on the fullness of the greatest love I could ever find.

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Lesson for Today: Oprah is on her way out after 25 years... Wow.