True Love

Recently I have watched a couple of films the first was 'Up in the Air' with George Clooney. It is basically about a man who fires people for a living and he has to fly everywhere to do it. You might think that sounds fun but as we get to know the main character Ryan we realise how sad his life is. He has very little contact with his family and not really any meaningful relationships.  Nor does he seem to want to make any connections with anyone. He even teaches on the virtues of not having anything in your rucksack. He calls it travelling light both physically and emotionally.  As in most movies he meets a woman and seemingly falls in love and her and her with him or so we think until (I hope you are not going to watch it, although really I would say you might be wasting your time if you do lol) he realises he really loves her drops everything and goes to find he only to find that she has another life that she is very happy with being married and having her family. At this point he realises it has all been a game, and where he has probably been into games before he realises that it wasn't a game for him any more.  I kind of saw this coming!
So after his opening his heart to the possibility of love he closes up once again and goes back to the safe life he had before of not having any connections, emotions or relationships with anyone.
I ended that film feeling totally deflated, was there no redemption, was this man ever going to find love, how could that women be so heartless causing this man to close up his heart.

The next day God really spoke to me, this is the way of life for so many people. So many people are at an airport so to speak with no direction they are looking at the endless destinations and they have no ambition nor vision to get on anyone flight. I have heard Danny Silk say recently that it is so important to know where we are going in life too many people are in an airport waiting room wondering what flight to get on. If someone who catches your attention comes along then the danger is to get on that flight to follow them.  This can be so dangerous as you can wake up in LA when you had bought your ticket to Australia for example.

 They have no connection nor relationships anywhere. This man in the film was totally isolated and on his own even lonely. There are so many people out there with lonely hearts, they cannot prise their hearts open they have no emotions for anyone. At the same time they are so scared to let anyone in because they have been hut before. Lets face it these people are not just outside of the church but also in the church as well.

I realised how blessed I was I did not have the emptiness that this man had that despite some relationships not working out I am not left with a void and no clear destination. I am so blessed to be part of a community that loves and cares for me and one where I can invest and my contribution is valid.  I am not stuck in some system where everything is lifeless I have amazing purpose in my life. Ultimately Jesus the Hope of glory who gives me direction security and connection to everyone I am around.

The second film was RED which I watched last night with some friend very funny indeed. Again I got to the end of the film and I thought what could God possibly teach me about him through this and once again I was wrong.  This morning in the meeting Jesus revealed who he is as a lover and of course this has been spoken over me so many times before but today I have found I have a more intimate connection with Jesus than ever before. Just like finding my first love. Then I thought back to the movie from last night starring Bruce Willis who falls for a girl from a pension call-line and as opposed to the other movie in this one he gets his girl. There they are at the back of the truck tucked up all cosy and loved up and that was when it dawned on me I could have this with Jesus I did have this with Jesus already I can have that feeling. Not only that but this love relationship far exceeded the one of the couple on this movie.  Human relationships go through their ups and downs one from time to time lets the other one down even in the best relationship or marriage.  With my relationship with Jesus he is never going to let me down I may let him down but that will not affect his feelings towards me or his actions, it is unconditional love.
I was also thinking this evening that the love I have for Jesus is always going to be reciprocated where as with human love that is not always the case. As this love to Jesus is reciprocated it intensifies.
I realised that this love for Jesus was the cornerstone the foundation for any kind of romantic or marriage relationship that it needs to be in place first otherwise marriage type relationship could fall apart.