For a brief time, at least, romance gives us the ability to see the best in one other person, to ignore or forgive flaws, to bask in endless fascination. That state… gives a foretaste of how we will one day view every resurrected person and how God now views us.
Romantic love does not distort vision but corrects it, in a very narrow range. The Bible uses explicit romantic images to describe God’s love for us: what we feel in passing for one person, God feels eternally for the many. If we receive romantic love not as an end in itself but as God’s gift, a shining grace, it can become like a shaft of light beckoning us toward what we will someday experience more fully as resurrected beings.
-- Philip Yancy in Rumors of Another World
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Monday, February 9, 2009
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What a warm & comforting thought to be presented with another example of how much God loves us. An example that we've all felt and remember. A time when you feel like you are the most special person in the world. For a person who is trying to win the battle with depression, examples like this go a long way in pulling me out of the dark and into the light of God's love.
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ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful thought: “a shining grace …shaft of light beckoning us toward what we will someday experience more fully as resurrected beings.”
Thanks, this is a “keeper”!
-- J. Patefield