God is the Great Romancer

One of the things I think becomes evident to a person as they fall deeper in love with God is the realitity that He is more than Savior, more than friend, more than Father, more than creator, more than whatever role you choose to describe him. He is not one thing to us, He is all, and in all, and over all... He reveals a little more of His character to us as we have that need for Him.

God is the Great Romancer.  He is husband, and He is lover. And sometimes He gives us a little poetry.  This is gold.

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Death was never a part of the plan
yet one man falls so so another can stand
we think we are immune from death and pain
until our mortality hits us again
our plans fail and babies cry
we all bleed and young men die
And we think theres some cosmic purpose to it all
some divine meaning, as though weve been called
to suffer through these chains and abuse
because its something that God can use
And maybe God does use our pain
To call us back to him again
But is it really something that he plans
Or is this our attempt to understand
All our questions and cries of why
He allows who he does to die
So we take a moment and we pause
Does God allow or does God cause
And does it matter in the end
When we have a God that we call friend
Who is with us and heals our heart
And hold us close when we fall apart

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I wrote a poem for my cousin Rebecca, but the truth is that I find myself able to identify strongly with the first four lines

A heart lies shattered on a dirty floor

Won't pick up the peices, theres no point anymore

I just want all this pain to end

Why fix a broken heart so it can break again?

I think the part I relate to the most is the question in the last line: "Why fix a broken heart so it can break again?" That's the question, huh? Why do we continually allow ourselves to be in a place where we get our hearts broken? This encompasses so much more than romance.

Why does a mother have a child when she knows that the child is going to move out in 18 years? Why do people get married when they know that eventually one of them is going to die? Why do people become friends knowing that not all friendships will last forever?

Why is the joy of love so much greater than the pain of a broken heart? Though I resist it... consciously and subconsciously... I can't stop it from happening in my own life. I want to love, I just don't want to hurt.

But we are called to love. It's what sets us apart and tells the world that we are Christs disciple. We love when other love us, we love when they hate us, we love them when they're the same as us and when they're different. We love because He first loved us. We love even when it hurts, we love to the point of death. How radical... This is what it is to die to self.

Think of John 13:34,35, Jesus' command to the disciples to love. It's surrounded with death.
Isn't that amazing, we, as disciples of Christ can say "I am willing to die because I love you" and Jesus turns to us and says "I already have" :-)

You know.. I feel that I'm not afraid to love anymore.

Questions?

Ugh. Why? My words run dry. Perhaps I'll write a poem. For some reason I feel like I'm better able to express myself through poetry.
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And it's no wonder. Poetry has a way breaking all the rules, saying something indirectly, not making sense... which in a way makes perfect sense that one could feel so upsidedown and backwards with no logical way to express themselves, yet write something that speaks to the hearts of the readers.

Yep.