Are You In Love?

Every INDIVIDUAL person who claims to be in a relationship with Christ should act, think, and behave like a person who’s in love:

• Can’t be apart from him for too long or you start missing him
• Can’t wait for the next time you’re with him or in his presence
• Active listening to what’s on his heart and mind, not just asking for things (no sugar Jesus GIMME, GIMME, GIMME stuff)
• Don’t cheat on him with anyone or anything for any reason. MONOGAMOUS. No idolatrous desires, no consistently giving in to sin willfully just because you think “it’s fine.” Constantly lusting after things that aren’t of his kingdom OR that de-prioritize him
• You want to build with him – his kingdom
• You prioritize his feelings and desires for your life over your own
• Everything that’s yours you want to share with him – your bad days, your thoughts, your frustrations.
• You can’t stand people who mistreat him, disrespect him, or mock him – you defend him
• You would give your life for him if necessary
• You love his ’family’, even when they get on your last nerve
• You’re committed to the UNIT, not just self – self gets sacrificed at times for the good of the unit
• You don’t joke about divorce
• You feel sad when he feels sad and happy when he feels happy
• You support his efforts and his will for his family
• Him being happy doesn’t depend on you but you LOVE lending to it when you can
• You don’t mind public displays of affection
• You give
• You just want to be where he is

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I can’t believe I spent YEARS simply using his name as a label and not even halfway loving him. What a crying, pitiful shame. Look how much I missed out on.

Oh the joys of being MADLY IN LOVE with Jesus. Oh the joys. It is beyond my comprehension most days.

If we ever don’t feel this, it’s on us. He’s not even capable of half of what we are – lying, cheating, manipulating, covering up, withholding.

I want to urge you to do whatever possible to get to where you FEEL every bullet point above more often than you don’t.

Love, t