Okay, so I'm not going to lie I was going to write the post for today about Overflowing but I went to see The Vow and I couldn't help but want to write about it. I'm going to try my best not to ruin it for anyone if you haven't seen it yet- because it is very good and crazy to think it is a real story. First, let me say it was a great story and the love between the two was indescribable. I laughed and yes I cried. I was inspired to write this post because these two people met for a reason. Yesterday I talked about everything happening for a reason and I truly believe God puts people in our lives for a reason and we are at certain places for a reason. It was just really crazy to see how these two people met and it was so obvious that they were meant to meet because they were so perfect for each other. So, I guess it all goes back to my thought that everything happens for a reason. (I mean I'm not saying every guy you meet you should think "oh this happened for a reason" because maybe you just met him and you were the smile he needed just for that day or maybe you met just to be friends- so don't think I'm saying every boy you meet you should think you met him for a reason to date and get married because that is by far the last thing I want you to think).
Anyways, while I was watching this movie I couldn't help but think man if only I could find a love like that- a love that is so full so obvious so amazingly joyful that your heart can't help but be happy. Then I started thinking wait Cameron you do have that love, you have a love that is so much greater than that and goes far beyond any other love. You have a heavenly father, a lover, a GOD that is jealous for you and cherishes and loves you beyond all measures. In Romans 5:8 it says "But God demonstrates his own LOVE for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us." and in Romans 8:39 "neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the LOVE of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord." Those are only two verses amongst the many that talk about God's immense love for us. Love that is beyond anything we can grasp a love that is never failing, something that we didn't earn and we don't need to earn but a love that was freely given to us. This is a love that goes beyond everything this life has to offer. So anyways, I'm watching the Vow and not only am I crying but I hear others crying as well and I couldn't help but think "hmm are these people crying because they feel bad or want a love like this love, or a mixture of both?" Then I thought to myself I really hope whoever goes to see this movie knows that no earthly love can ever compare to the love of God our Father. That's where I find chick-flicks harmful- I could write a whole separate tangent and it might come later but not for this one. But I find them harmful and my hope is that anyone who sees this movie knows that the love the two characters have is amazing and the unconditional love Channing Tatum had for Rachael McAdams was unimaginable but God's love for us is so much greater and so much deeper and richer than that movie could even illustrate.
If you think I'm getting preachy on you or think that I don't struggle with wanting a boyfriend or wanting to find the right person then please don't get the wrong impression because if anyone knows that feeling trust me I do. I know exactly what it feels like to want someone to hold your hand, someone to goof around with, someone to tell everything to, someone to cook dinner for, someone to go on dates with, someone to cuddle with, someone to kiss your cheek, someone to look at you like you are the only one in the world he wants to be with, and the list can go on and on and on- trust me I know. But I can't help but to think if we truly believe that God has designed our lives and wants us to have the most full life then HOW AWESOME is it going to be when we find that right person? I can only imagine that because God loves us so much He wants for us to have an earthly love that illustrates His love. So my hope is that the two people in the Vow loved God and He brought them together and that their love came from Him. But if their story is not based upon God's love then it just makes me that much more excited to meet my future husband whoever he may be. Because I know that the Lord put us together and that He will give us a love that people look at and wonder what is different. I don't want to have expectations but my prayer is that even as my future husband and I grow old together he will always look at me like I am the only one and that we will always laugh, play, be flirty and show everlasting love to each other. I pray that as we seek God's love separately we also seek it together and that love is always the foundation. Needless to say I still want very badly and even more so when I watch chick-flick for someone to pop up in my life and date me right then and there but I just need to remind myself that the Lord has a time for everything (Ecclesiastes 3) and James 1:17 it says "Every good and perfect gift is from above coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows." So, all the single ladies put your hands up!...haha but seriously all of you who are single (guys you too) like myself don't get upset that you don't have a boyfriend (or girlfriend- if any guys are reading this) but enjoy the time that you are single and look forward to the time when the Lord gives you your "good and perfect gift" and look forward to a love that God has designed.
With all my love
Cam
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