love story

Most everyone loves a love story.  We want to know that love will always find a way.  We want to know that the guy gets the girl, good prevails over evil, and that it all works out in the end.  There have been so many classic love stories told:

• Wuthering Heights
• Romeo and Juliet
• Casablanca
• Midsummer Nights Dream
• Doctor Zhivago
• Sense and Sensibility
• Pride and Prejudice
• Hunchback of Nortre Dame
• Pillow Talk (my wife's favorite)

Or newer one's like:

• Sleepless in Seattle
• You've Got Mail
• Sweet Home Alabama
• An officer and a Gentleman
• When Harry met Sally
• The Notebook

Most stories seem to good to be true, but in the end they give us hope.  They give us a reason to not give up.  They make us want to go one more day, one more month, and another year. 

The greatest love story ever told, isn't about the boy getting the girl.  It's about God getting you.

¹⁶ This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us.  (1 John 3:16, NIV)

For most people their greatest love story is yet to be told.  Your greatest love story has nothing to do with your fiancé, spouse, or children.  Your greatest love story has to be about the extent of love God has for you.  It is a love that is unconditional, uncontainable, and for most it's untold.  God loves you so much that He was willing to send His son, and His son loves you so much that we was (and is) willing to lay down His very own life over 2000 years ago so that you can have eternal life.

The greatest love story ever told is found in the greatest love story ever written.  The Bible.  Sixty six books and letters written to tell you and I how much God loves you and I, the great effort He has taken to show it, and the history of mankind's relationship with his Creator.  All you and I have to do is say "yes" to Him and that we believe in who He is and what He has done.

"If you declare with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved." (Romans 10:9, NIV)


As we celebrate Easter this Sunday, remember it's not just about Christ's death but it's about His resurrection.  He not only laid down His life for us, but He proved who He was by the empty tomb.

"Because He lives, I can face tomorrow"

Happy Easter, Chris