07/10/09 what would I do for love?

What would I do for love?


Anything!


Everything!


When I think of the love I had (even though it was earthly love) for my husband, I did everything I could to feed that love and nurture it and make it grow.
The love for my children – I would have given up my life 10 times over and never look back for either of them.  I would do anything to keep them safe and secure.
What would I do to be loved?  I have done everything in my power to be loved.  I have given of myself, taken what I thought I needed for it, made and remade myself over for it, persued it, hunted it down, gone across the country for it, and almost sold my soul for it.
All of that for mere human love.
But that love is and never was enough. 
It does not matter how much I get, it is not enough. 
It does not matter who it is from, it is not enough.


So where shall I find this love that is so illusive but so desirable that I would give anything and everything for it?
The Author and Finisher of love – the Source and Creator of love – the Master and Perfector of love – the Director and Weaver of love, only Him who IS Love is able to satisfy this deep unquenchable desire. 


I have found Him. 
He has sought me and wooed me and drawn me and at last I am His!
He patiently waited for my heart to become His.
He tenderly and purposefully gave Himself up to the task of drawing me to Himself.
He holds the key to my desire and unlocks it with Himself.
He followed me through the desert, ran before me up mountaintops, laid His cloak across the valleys, and flew over the seas to be with me.
He held me in His heart and dreamed of me night and day until I would be His.
He stood by and stretched out His mighty Arm to save me from my unseen enemy.
He waged war against those who opposed me, raging in His fury to destroy them.
He has drawn love in all of creation for my eyes to behold His beauty.
He made songs and melodies with birds and wind to entice my ears towards Him.
He shook the earth to gain my attention and then placed me delicately upon His shoulder to keep me from its harm.
His longing has been forever as He patiently waited for my heart to become His.
Oh the depth and breadth of His love for me!  Words cannot give justice to it.
But I know, I know that He loves me.
I am His beloved, and He is mine.