Twitterpated
You know you're in love when you can't
fall asleep because reality is finally
better than your dreams.
~~Dr. Suess~~
I’ve been thinking about the subject of love as of late. I don’t know what’s brought this on, really. Maybe it’s that springtime is in the air. Everything is fresh, especially the thought of budding romance. Like Thumper in Bambi, I find myself getting all “twitterpated.” Or, maybe it’s that I’ve been burned in the past and I wonder if real love actually exists in the sense we think it does. Maybe it’s that I just got done watching The Notebook for the umpteenth time followed by a steady diet of the musical stylings of Jill Scott and Kindred the Family Soul. Maybe it’s because the sensual and downright erotic Song of Songs is quite possibly one of my favorite books in all of Scripture. Maybe it’s just that, as a human being created in the image of God, I was made to love and to be loved.
The endless pursuit of love is a term that could sum up rather succinctly the statement of my life. My pursuit does not stem from an unhealthy desire for a relationship with the opposite sex. My relationship with Christ is as strong as it has ever been. In his book, Wild at Heart, John Eldredge makes the claim that part of rediscovering the masculine soul is that realizing men long for a beauty to rescue. Women, in turn, are said to long to be caught up in a romance that is bigger than themselves. “Let’s face it”, Hitch says, “No woman sits around hoping “Gee. I hope I don’t get swept off my feet today.” But, in all honesty, I think we all want to be caught up in a romance. We’re wired that way.
In one of my more recent entries, I pointed out the obvious fact that men and women like each other. Now, I am not calling for some sort of hedonistic pursuit of pleasure. That would be foolish. Proverbs 31:10 says, “A virtuous woman, who can find? Her worth is far above rubies.” The rest of this particular Biblical passage goes through a litany of characteristics of “a virtuous woman.” Forgive me for thinking it’s a daft idea to not look for something you’re supposed to find.
All I want is to find that person who will love me the rest of my life. Through morning breath. Through disagreements. Through unsure times. Through late night diaper changes and lullabies. Through health scares. Through times of spiritual silence. But, also through times of passionate love-making through the night. Through finishing each others sentences because we know each other’s mind inside and out. Through times of joint and individual accomplishment. Through watching our children stroll down the aisle to receive their diploma. Through times of spiritual revelation. I want all of those things. All of those things and so much more. I will look for it until I have found it and I will not settle for less. God put that desire in all of us, even though we might express it in different ways.
The endless pursuit of love is a term that could sum up rather succinctly the statement of my life. My pursuit does not stem from an unhealthy desire for a relationship with the opposite sex. My relationship with Christ is as strong as it has ever been. In his book, Wild at Heart, John Eldredge makes the claim that part of rediscovering the masculine soul is that realizing men long for a beauty to rescue. Women, in turn, are said to long to be caught up in a romance that is bigger than themselves. “Let’s face it”, Hitch says, “No woman sits around hoping “Gee. I hope I don’t get swept off my feet today.” But, in all honesty, I think we all want to be caught up in a romance. We’re wired that way.
In one of my more recent entries, I pointed out the obvious fact that men and women like each other. Now, I am not calling for some sort of hedonistic pursuit of pleasure. That would be foolish. Proverbs 31:10 says, “A virtuous woman, who can find? Her worth is far above rubies.” The rest of this particular Biblical passage goes through a litany of characteristics of “a virtuous woman.” Forgive me for thinking it’s a daft idea to not look for something you’re supposed to find.
All I want is to find that person who will love me the rest of my life. Through morning breath. Through disagreements. Through unsure times. Through late night diaper changes and lullabies. Through health scares. Through times of spiritual silence. But, also through times of passionate love-making through the night. Through finishing each others sentences because we know each other’s mind inside and out. Through times of joint and individual accomplishment. Through watching our children stroll down the aisle to receive their diploma. Through times of spiritual revelation. I want all of those things. All of those things and so much more. I will look for it until I have found it and I will not settle for less. God put that desire in all of us, even though we might express it in different ways.
posted by C. E'Jon Moore @ 31.5.05
1 Comments:
Being "twitterpated" has a special place in my heart - just the word made me smile! Michael and I were on our fifth "date", if you call it that - we went to help my aunt with a sleepover party for my cousin and his friends - when we watched Bambi together for the first time. When Flower got kissed, he fell over and fainted. I made the comment to my aunt that no one had ever fainted from kissing me before!! That night I received my first kiss from Michael, after which he promptly pretended to faint.
One thing to remember is not to "look for" love but wait for love to come to you. I wanted no part in a serious relationship when I met Michael. But God and His timing knows more about what you need than you do and He will give you the love of your life in His perfect time.
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