Oceans and Rivers

What is love? Love is one of the most beautiful things on the planet. God has given us the capacity to love so much it blows my mind. Yet as much as we are able to love, we try to keep it to ourselves. Our generation is a selfish generation. Whenever we get into a serious relationship, we seem to have this need to suck the other person dry of all they can give to us. Why are we so selfish? Why is it that we have such a hard time giving of our love?

I believe that this lack of giving in relationships is in direct proportion with the divorce rate in our country. Why should we stay in a relationship with someone who is sucking us dry physically, emotionally and spiritually, not to mention monetarily and socially even. There is a better way. I think that there could be another way to view dating, marriage...love.

A river is a beautiful thing. It can be powerful; a roaring rapids, overwhelming your senses with the beauty of it all. At the same time it can be a quiet, peaceful brook, babbling as you reflect on its splendor. As it runs its course, it will always lead to an ocean.

An ocean is a majestic being. It creates a sense of awe as you look upon its vast being. Oceans are deep and mysterious, majestic and wonderful. These body of waters all convey a sense of need and want for something beautiful in our lives.

Love can be like this. Our love runs like a river through our heart and soul, just racing throughout our veins. We are sometimes in a roaring passion, and at other times in peaceful reflection. Yet all of us know, as all rivers do, that we are supposed to flow into a huge ocean someday. We all know what our destination is.

But do we know how to get there? All too often people find themselves on some tributary flowing into a stagnant pond, shallow and dank. We don't know how we got there, and we wish for something more, but we don't know how to get out, how to get back on track.

This is where God's grace steps in. His abounding love will never allow us to stay in one place if we ask Him for help. When we ask with sincerity for His grace He will provide, and provide abundantly. He will have us on track to a full and loving relationship in no time.

What does a full and loving relationship look like? An ocean. A gorgeous, magnificent and unfathomably deep ocean. The amount of love that we, as humans, are capable of is spectacular. When we learn and understand how to love God, we will know how to treat the love of our life.

So how do we reach the ocean we all know we are looking for? By learning how to love from the one who created love. When He is our teacher, we will do much better in the game called love. His love will overflow from us and spill out into the ocean that we all have available to us. If only we would choose it.