Was thinking about how the love relationship between a man and a woman illustrates the meaning of life... that union, loving fellowship with God and others. Was thinking also, simultaneously, about how that love relationship between a man and a woman is an analogy of us in our relationship with God, He being represented by the man, and we being represented by the woman. Hence the term, "Bride of Christ".
That's when it hit me. Jesus' love for us, God's love for us, is as intense and powerful as that love that the man, the groom, feels toward his bride, toward the woman. Now, all of us guys will be able to relate. There is just nothing sooooooo powerful and wonderful as that intense desire and longing for the woman. Nothing. You just have to stop and think about this. This pull, this tug, this yearning, longing, got to get to Know her strong feeling inside of us... it's just the most intense, magical, beautiful, best feeling in the world.
Stop now and think about this. This is how Jesus feels about you, about us!! Pretty freaking cool eh? I mean, just stop and think about that for a minute! It's just flippng awesome! Don't ever scoff at someone who tells you that Jesus loves you. They are telling you the meaning of life!! THAT'S what it's all about!
That all encompassing, passionate, burning desire, that intense longing that becomes almost a need, that absolute captivation by her beauty, that, overwhelming attracton-- that's how God feels about you! And to take it even further, the attraction of sex-- that overwhelming pull to be one with someone and join with them, Know them... this is why the Bible uses the term Know when it refers to sex. Because it is the ultimate expression of knowing someone! And the ultimate desire and meaning of life is to know God and to know people. God first, and then other people. This is what our lives will consist of in eternity, Knowing God and knowing people.
Knowing God. Can you imagine this? Knowing, truly, deeply and intimately, an all loving, totally righteous, clean, holy, infinite being--one who is so infinite that we will never ever EVER run out of newness of Him to discover and explore--this is what will will get to do for all of eternity. Freaking rad. I. quite frankly, am seriously looking forward to this. This is what eternity will consist of. The joy that sex is a representation of, a physical representation of a spiritual reality. Flipping wonderful. Thank you Jesus. Praise you Lord for you are beautiful and you rock.Woo hoo!!!!!!!!
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