Love is a gift from God. It doesn't matter how that love is expressed. Whether it is to a romantic partner or to a friend or to all of mankind; the "know how" to love is divinely given. It is important to note that God is not some mushy emotional puppeteer that likes to see us pursue love only to laugh at us when our hearts are broken. Rather, God is very realistic in the benefits and possibilities of love. But instead of embracing the gift of love, many single Christians say, "No thanks, Lord".
Most of us are born with the desire to love and be loved, but as we get older, grayer, heavier and whatever other "er" is out there, we allow the divine capacity to love to recede further and further into our attic of unused possessions. Well the good news is that it is spring cleaning time! Now I know that nobody in his or her right mind enthusiastically looks forward to going up in that dusty and dark attic to paw through old stuff. But from a spiritual standpoint; it is a good thing to dig through all of that old stuff and shake the moth balls out and REMEMBER. Surely we remember don't we? (See "Surely We Remember" on May 24).
The easier thing to do is to lock the door to the attic and move on to other rooms in the house. Instead of spring cleaning, we could go into the kitchen and get something to eat or go into the den and zone out in front of the tv or the bedroom and just go to sleep. But not only is the mind a terrible thing to waste; so is the heart! So let's stop making up excuses and get up in that attic and bring down that box of love that we tried to hide away. The kingdom of God does not need anymore spiritual couch potatoes!
God gave us the gift of love to make us better and to help bless others. When we avoid love, we go against the divine order of things. So he takes it as a personal offense when we say, "No thanks, Lord".
Life without the expectation of love is not living life to the fullest. I wonder if given the choice for us, which would God choose? A so-so life with most of the good stuff residing in our attics unused or a fulfilled life with good ole reliable love being given new life. I pray that you will see the blessings and not the curses of love which is a gift that God granted to us so long ago. I pray that your response to this good gift will not be; "No thanks, Lord."
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Our lives are a mosaic of minutes that graduate to hours and then to days and eventually get defined as a lifetime. One moment our singleness is full of joy and promise. Other times, our singleness is burdened with more questions than answers, more tears than laughter and more frustrations than promises. Will we be faithful to God or won't we? God awaits our repeated responses to that question. How we respond is the background music to our moments of singleness.
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