In Love with a Man

1 Peter 1:8-9
8 Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy,-NIV

I’m a grown man in love with a man. Crazier than that is that it is a man I have never seen! It baffles my mind at times. He is more real to me than anything that I can physically see, touch or smell. He consumes my thoughts, fills my dreams and stirs my soul. Paul writes of his passion for Christ…

Phil 3:8-10
8 What is more, I consider everything a loss compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ 9 …10 I want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of sharing in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, -

Both Paul and Peter write to remind us that Christ is the message of Christianity. To have any other focus is to miss the mark completely. Jesus himself made it clear.

John 15:5-6
5 "I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.- NIV

One day I will see this man that saved my soul nearly 20 years ago, has filled my heart everyday since and guides my path into tomorrow. What a day that will be…

Rev 22:12-13
12 "Behold, I am coming soon! My reward is with me, and I will give to everyone according to what he has done. 13 I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End. - NIV

For today, I remain in love with a man I have not seen. Yet this love is more real than anything thing else in my life. While I wait patiently, I also join in prayer with the Apostle John…

Rev 22:20
Amen. Come, Lord Jesus. –NIV

How about you?

Blessings,
Darren