LOVE BENEATH THE RAFTERS

Ah, the joy of finding passion in unexpected places. And aside of the contrived romantic tales in the movies, I'm not sure it happens that much in real life with a story book ending.

Make for wonderful fantasies though. The idea of finding that one person who perfectly matches you dreams and living happily forever.

I think the divorce courts take a way a lot of the illusion about this reality. However it doesn't deter people from getting married.

Part of that reason is because we often believe in our uniqueness. We think we can succeed where others fail.

So as long as our hearts are floating on some seas of feelings, which we decide are love, we go for it. Because we all have such a need for that touch in our lives.

On human level we always get mixed results. Some relationship thrive others flounder, but none are perfect.

And on a spiritual level love is something related to the soul. We feel it so intensely knowing it is related to the Lord.

But like with other kinds of love it is easy to presume the feelings are true regardless of the way love truly related to God. For some the sensation of loving the divine can apply to any god.

Thus if the feeling is there it must be legitimate. That sense seems to be enough. And even though the god worshipped might not be real, the person feels the love in his or her view as true.

Which to me comes down to the simple reality that there is a difference between being in love on a spiritual level and honestly having that love be genuine. Just feeling it isn't enough.

And I think part of the difference relates to what God is in our minds. Which also is related to one's faithfulness.

That is part of spiritual intimacy. Which doesn't happen unless we truly let ourselves be naked before God.

This can be so difficult for some. Because we do not want the Lord to see our sins or weakness. Even though he knows there, it doesn't mean we accept it.

To truly stand naked before the Lord let's the light of his love shine into our essence. When this happens we are truly able to see how much God truly does love us. Some never find out because they are to obsessed with covering their nudity.