Roses are Red, Cliches are Blue...

Ever had a crush? Don't deny it. Even I have. And I'm an enigma.

I have a lot of trouble most days reconciling my own desires with God's. I'm sure that that's a normal human problem, or at least I assume it is. I dunno, could just be me. Still, it's something that happens, I get completely reversed in my thinking, and I realize that I want something totally different than God. It's kind of a frustrating way to live, considering that I claim to be a follower of God. As a matter of fact, it gets downright disheartening.

Back to the crush thing. I hate it when people know that I have crushes or am even the least bit attracted to a member of the opposite sex, it's like my one little corner of my brain I try to keep from the world. Still, it's true, even I am susceptible to the charms of some females (some). Ever developed a crush on someone and then suddenly found that you like what they like?

I mean, let's say you hate a certain band or style of music. We'll say Emo, since Emo embodies 90% of what's wrong with the world. You find out that this person you're interested in is really into Emo music. Suddenly Emo's not so bad.

I think that our relationship with God should be like that. I need to learn to focus on God himself, and on loving him, and as I get to know him better, I think I'll be more inclined to love the same things as him. This of course begs the question, "How do I love God more?"

Well, here it is, that hated openness I try to practice. I'm not the sort of guy that can glance at a girl once and suddenly be into her. I have to get to know a person, and on a deeper level than laughing about a movie. For a person to be truly attractive, I have to get to know her and what she loves, what she hates, what she struggles with, what she's passionate about, etc.

I love the fact that the Bible describes Jesus as a groom pursuing his bride. It puts so much into perspective, and helps make sense of the madness that is relationships and why God would want us to put ourselves through that sort of thing. If we want to fall in love with God, we have to spend time with him. If we want to love the things he loves, we have to spend time getting to know him.

So there it is, plain and simple. If we want to do God's will, we have to change our own desires. The only way to do that is to fall in love with God by spending time with him. The message today? Get into the word. Pray. Sing. Do whatever it is that gets you closer to God, just do it now.

Seriously, right now. Stop reading this, go fall in love with Christ.

(jake)

PS - Hey, tell your friends about this. Make them leave comments or something, I decided I want more people to read this, it'd be good for me to know that I'm being open to a lot of people.