Where is love?

I love thinking about Adam. Adam, wondering around Eden just sort of bored, and lonely. Him and God would talk here and there, Adam would go swim, hike, and still he was lonely. I think about our comparison to Adam being lonely, and desiring a partner. Adam was by himself, but in his lonesomeness he didn’t know what he wanted. He didn’t know what he needed, and that is beautiful. God knew Adam needed a mate, someone to love and understand. I think we get too carried away thinking about what we want in a mate, instead of thinking about what we need. Adam was alone, but not knowing what partner he needed in his own mind he had no perceptions of was right for him. I mean Adam had never seen a women. Really think about the pure beauty of this situation. He didn’t think about a sporty blond, with a nice figure, nice hair, nice legs etc. His desire for a companion was unadulterated and absolutely loving. Can you imagine what our world would be like if we didn’t spend so much time desiring our ‘image’ of our mate? We don’t look at Brad Pitt and say, “He has such a caring personality,” we say,”He has a beautiful smile and rocking abs.” We want the image, not the person. A visual culture has been spawned through the media of course. We accept images easier than concepts. But, I can’t get over the idea of Adam. I can not think of a more beautiful concept in love. This is what we were meant to desire. God created this longing for a partner in us as a natural force. But, we need to really realize the beauty of God’s nature and want more than just a guy with a great smile and rockin abs. This lust for an image has created a disastrous pattern amongst our generation. The image of a perfect couple has overcrowded that original idea of -love. We need money, success, social popularity, and rockin abs. But that deep connection of love, the feeling of needing nothing as long as that partner is with you, is shoved aside.

I like feeling that a genuine desire exists- that we need not lust after our idealized images- but to allow God to bring someone so special to us, and to trust in that. That is love.  Think about it, feeling connected to a person so deeply that nothing else matters. Knowing that God created this person for you, and you for them. That is such a huge concept. That you two are meant-for-each-other. How can this be lost? How can we not hold onto this desire tightly? I can’t help but think that people can’t see God’s love. Through His love we receive so much beauty. The nature of God’s creation is pure beauty. The sun rise, the spring flowers, the holy desire of our hearts. Nothing can compare to this love. I find that no beauty exists out of the foundations of God’s love. Until we see real beauty in life, and in his creation, we have nothing. I feel like until we can desire the depth of God’s love and beauty, we have nothing to fulfill our soul.

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