I am like most people on this earth...Not only do I breathe oxygen and I poop, but I love movies! They are so entertaining. I like action-packed films, movies that have plots thickened with mystery, and the occasional happy-go-lucky movie that makes you want to smile and change the world. However, I will watch a chick-flick from time to time. I'll even squirt out a couple of tears to appease the females in the room. Then they can finally confirm their thoughts..."wow...Charlie really is a cool guy who appeals to his emotional side...I should date him."
But on a serious note, these "chick-flicks" are full of romance and love. Women love these stories of true romance when a man will fight to the end for his beloved, even if it costs him his life. There are other movies like "A Walk to Remember" that just shows a guy's pure motive for chasing after a girl...love. Why do girls like these types of movies, and dream that they too may one day find that type of love? Because the real world does a crappy job of displaying pure, selfless love.
The truth of the matter is that the Greatest Romantic story was not made in Hollywood, California but on a wooden cross 2,000 years ago. That is The Great Romance.
This break I read a book that outlined what The Great Romance looked like. It was a fictional story, but it really opened up my eyes to how great the love of our God is. He died for us, because we are not willing to die to ourselves. To be completely honest, I did get a little teary-eyed when I finished this book. I felt so stupid, because I believed that ONLY girls could like romance and love stories, and here I am blubbering over something called The Great Romance!
No one is too tough and manly to accept God's love. He is in love with everybody...even guys. It has just been kind of hard for me to acknowledge and accept this love because I seems so un-manly to be loved and romanticized. But God's love is the greatest love story on the earth, and I do accept it and cherish, and I hope you do the same.
O......and happy new year.
2 comments:
Here's the things I really like about this post:
1. "I breathe oxygen and poop." It took me some time to realize that these are two seperate clauses, and I was very confused and figured this was one of your jokes that really flopped, kind of like, "Yeah, I had a couple kids over break."
2. That you brought back the "But on a serious note."
3. "The real world does a crappy job of displaying pure, selfless love." Nice.
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