A Real, Personal, and Practical Relationship

When you hear the word "love," what do you associate it with? A person, a place, or a thing?
Most of us do. I've recently looked at "love" in a whole new light; God's light.
You hear it said, "Jesus loves you," "God is love," or "no matter what you've done, Jesus loves you." But my question to you now is, do you love Him? Do you know Him?
I am involved in my church wide "Experiencing God" series until November. Recently, I had the opportunity to examine my own real, personal, and practical relationship with the Creator of Heaven and Earth. I had an "ah-ha" moment when I read: "Love must be real and personal.  A person cannot love without someone to love. A love relationship with God takes place between two persons."You may think that this is elementary 101 in relationships. Well, for me I didn't look at my love for God or His love for me as a "love-relationship."
You read questionnaires that ask "Are you in a relationship?" What is the first thing that comes to your mind? A boy or a girl physically on earth, right?  What if you are not in a "physical" relationship, but a Spiritual one? Does that count? To me it does.
At the moment I read that statement, I felt a since of peace. I felt good in my own skin. You see, I always thought that I had to have a man in my life. I thought I was defined by a relationship with another human being. Those three sentences spoke volumes to me. I do not have to have a physical relationship, I am in a Spiritual relationship and I love it.
I surrendered that day to the Lord completely. I didn't and I don't want to hold anything back from my real, personal, practical, and now progressive relationship with God Almighty. I began to experience life in a whole new way. God has begun to restore to me what the locusts have eaten.
I know that a relationship with God Almighty is more important than a relationship with a man on earth. My focus changed from searching for a "man" in my life to "God is love" in my life.  What I have learned the most is that God is an EXTREMELY realistic and absolutely loving, forgiving, and personal God.
I am so in love with Him that I am floating on clouds. I can feel His arms wrapped around me, I can feel Him kiss me on the cheek, and I KNOW that He walks next to me. We laugh, talk, eat a meal together, and He showers me with His love through other people. I have experienced Him saying "I see you and I have heard you." " I know the depths of your heart's desire and I want to give you MY Best."
The best way I know how to describe God's best is that you and I think that Wonderland at Disney is God's Best when His Best is the whole Disney World.  The funny thing is that HE CAN if He wants to give us Disney World.
If you have children, grandchildren, or nieces,/nephews don't you want to give them your best?  Are you going to give them a stone when they ask for bread? Are you going to give them a snake when they ask for fish? No you will want to give them the best bread and the best fish.

God gave you His Best already, His only Son Jesus. Jesus was born of the virgin Mary, suffered under Pilate the Governor, was crucified, dead and buried. On the third day, He rose from the grave, ascended into heaven and sitteth at the right hand of God the Father Almighty.
He was bruised and beaten beyond recognition because of  your sins. Man, God loves you with a love that is indescribable. He loves ME with a love that is unimaginable and He loves US AS WE ARE.

I encourage you today, choose a life of LOVE with a God that LOVES YOU So very much.
~Marjorie

I am so in love that my heart melts like chocolate under a light flame. Hmmmm. I hope you choose to experience this kind of love too.