A resolution to fall in love

Falling in love is great fun, isn't it? Your beloved spends all his or her time with you, surprises you with tokens of affection, tells you how wonderful you are, and makes you feel like the most important person in creation. Fun indeed.

And a lot of work. No wonder the fires of passion cool after a few months (years, if you're especially fortunate). It's not much different in our walk with God. As new believers, we read our Bibles and pray often. We spend time getting to know this Almighty One who fills a place in our hearts we never knew existed. We tell Him we love Him and we list all the reasons He is the most important thing in our lives.

And then we get busy. Kids come, work calls, distractions abound. Little by little, we stop spending time with Him. We forget to pray. We don't have time to read our Bibles. We grow distant and God grieves our absence. We mourn the relationship that once was so precious and important and seems to have taken a back seat to everything else in the world.

Maybe it's time to set another kind of resolution. A resolution to fall in love with your Creator again. Here are some of the many reasons to spend time enacting this change:

• God is love. (1 John 4:8)
• We love Him because He first loved us. (1 John 4:19)
• God loved you so much that He sent His only Son as your Savior from eternal death. (John 3:16)
• As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed your transgressions from you. (Psalm 103:12)
• He heals all your diseases, redeems your life from destruction, crowns you with lovingkindness and tender mercies. (Psalm 103:3-4)
• He is faithful even when we are faithless. (2 Timothy 2:13)
• He provides rest for our weary souls. (Matthew 11:28)
• He has redeemed you and called you His own. (Isaiah 43:1)
• He is patient and waits for you with mercy. (Isaiah 30:18)
• He is your rock, your fortress, and your deliverer. Your stronghold and your refuge. (2 Samuel 22:2-3)
• He is worthy. (Revelation 5:12)

Scripture is full of people who loved the Lord and followed His ways. They give us a solid foundation for loving Him, too. When you feel like you're slipping away, take a few minutes to catch up with some of those followers and see yourself in them. Use your prayer journal to record these and other reasons you have for loving the Lord.

Praying many blessings on you,
Shelley