Musings on a beautiful love

It is not often when we meet someone so special, that our worlds are changed.
That we are so filled with joy and entirely grateful to be able to have such companionship.
Sometimes these moments are seasonal, other times bordering on forever. There are certain qualities, character traits and a certain allure they have which we are drawn to. We find pleasure in merely admiring them, admiring their beauty , it fascinates us. There is some natural bond and commonness even when a vast diversity is apparent. Our minds are woken and we want to learn more about them, to known them more intimately. Our hearts are warmed to their fond embrace, which is somehow, just a little different….I call it beautiful love.

Beautiful love because God made it, he gave each of us the ability to love and a deep seated desire to be loved. Dozens of books have been written about Christian love, dating and courtship all warning us about the dangers, the pitfalls of such beautiful love. Beautiful love when with clear intentions and genuineness of heart needs to be celebrated, I believe such love is a gift from God. Some people, like me, have become too afraid to love. It’s all too easy to identify with the Cloud’s & the Harris’s because most of us have at some stage in life had some experience which has influenced us negatively. In our discouragement and fear we’ve built barriers instead of boundaries, we’ve kissed the idea of beautiful love goodbye, “it’s all just myth and fairytale” we say. As a guy I’ve become to afraid to risk anything for love…how is it that we allow the intensity of our fear to become greater than the strength of our love? I think the image of the cross and what Jesus was willing to endure for His bride is so amazing, so challenging, it is by far the most romantic story of all time, the beautiful love of Jesus beats William Wallace storming the fields of Bannockburn and it’s much more intriguing than any Francine Rivers novel. When will we let ourselves be free? How much will we be willing to risk for love, or will we want it all at no cost?