This is Love!

Yes, you've read through post after post of me sorting through my life, figuring things out, and looking for romantic love. If this is your first time here, welcome! While you may or may not agree with what's written, you're getting all me. My experiences, drawn from the path of the life God's set my feet upon. 
Along the way, I've discovered what love, real love is. What it costs. And it's not a guy. It's not a pet. It's God. In the form of a man, who came to earth as a baby and lived a life documented in the Bible. He died a death He didn't have to, and made a way for us to enter in to a love relationship with the Creator of the universe. 
Love isn't selfish. It's not arrogant, or rude. It doesn't demand its own way, and will hardly even notice when others do it wrong. It always believes, always trusts, always endures. Love-the kind we want deep down in our soul, never fails, and it never ends. 
This kind of love, referenced in the Bible in I Corinthians, chapter 13 sounds almost unbelievable. I believe that's because we focus so much on the fallible love that surrounds us, instead of seeking the only love that will satisfy our soul. 
Truth is truth, regardless of whether someone "believes" in it or not. For example, whether I believe gravity is true or not, if I drop something from any height, it'll fall to the ground. The truth is my friend, that whether you believe it or not,God loves you. He demonstrated His love by sacrificing His son in an unimaginable way, by sending Him to earth in the form of what He'd created, to then die by crucifixion, a most horrific form of punishment. 
Yes, there are a lot of different religions out there. Religions are man-made-his attempt to reach the divine he knows is there. What sets Christianity apart is that the one we worship died for us, and then rose again. We claim a risen Savior. One Who lived and walked among us. One Who gave up glory to willingly die, so that we could live. Not the half life, filled with emptiness and yearning, but a full, complete, dynamic life. 
This Sunday is Easter. It looks a little different this year, given the pandemic of sickness and fear we find ourselves in right now. No huge egg hunts. No annual egg roll at the White House. No family gatherings. But, we've been given time. To reflect. To reorder. To pursue. To take a moment and drink in this life, slow down enough to reorganize our priorities, and maybe come out on the other side of this with a revitalized life purpose. That purpose was born and laid in a manger two thousand years ago. Grew up, went around doing good, healing, teaching, and showing us the meaning of self sacrifice. In a world of social distancing, self quarantining, panic and fear, I offer you a look at something you may have never considered. Love, like you have never known it. Peace, when the entire world seems crazy, and hope for a future you may not have even thought about-regardless of what your life here on earth becomes. 
Easter is the pinnacle of Christianity-the bedrock on which our faith is built. Without it, the rest of the story is pretty meaningless. Jesus said in John 12:32, "And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me." In this day and age of "gender fluidity", that verse is probably going to offend some people. He's speaking of mankind as a species here, not merely speaking of gender within that species. He doesn't differentiate. Not between genders. Not between races. Not between power, or class or anything we humans might use to separate people. He draws us...all. Because we've all fallen short. Because none of us deserves this sort of grace. 
This is love. It's not based on how we look, act, or feel. God loves us from before time, and will continue to do so, regardless of whether we acknowledge that love or not. You've got the time right now to take a look at what you may have never before seen. Use it!