Perfect Love

Recently I fell in love. Well, as in love as you can be when you’ve only known the person for an hour! You know, that period of time when the object of your affection can do no wrong, they hung the moon, they’re all that and a bag of chips, or whatever the kids are saying these days! Basically, they’re perfect. As time goes on, you find out all their little idiosyncrasies, bad habits, past mistakes, weaknesses and faults. Then you have a decision to make. Is loving them worth putting up with all of that? Now, I’m not suggesting that you should expect to find a perfect person, after all you yourself could not be held to that standard. There was once a quote in an issue of Reader’s Digest that stated, “You come to love not by finding a perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly.” I think that about says it.  So, I guess the real decision you have to make is whether or not you can look through the eyes of love and see the person perfectly. About right now, I imagine you’re thinking, “Why am I wasting my time reading a devotional that sounds more like a singles column?” Don’t worry, I do have a point.

First of all, this doesn’t just relate to romantic love. I’ve had many friendships over the years that I found were perhaps misplaced in my life. So, I’ve either let them go completely, or moved them to my outer circle rather than my inner circle of friends. Now, I’m not saying that the second they did something stupid, or we got into an argument, I dropped them, but I am saying that based on their decisions, moods, attitudes, conversations, etc, I put them in the appropriate place in my life. We all do it. Not everyone can be your best bud or the love of your life. Now that we’re all on the same page, and no one is offended, let’s get to the real point.

As I thought about this one day, I realized how disappointed I feel every time someone turns out to be something different or should I say, something LESS than I originally perceived them to be. Then I realized there’s only ONE whom I’ve never felt that pang of disappointment with. Only ONE that I’ve never had to weigh rather or not I should still love Him. You see, He is the same now as He was the day I met Him, and there is no fear that tomorrow will be any different. There is no dark past, no painful words or deeds that I must forgive. He has made it so easy to love Him, but I struggle with letting Him love me. I don’t deserve this perfect love.  I’m reminded of the simple scripture that says, “God IS Love,” and I think I’m beginning to understand that like never before.(1 John 4:8 KJV) I look for that kind of love here on earth, and seem to expect it, but when it’s finally given to me by the lover of my soul, my heavenly father, my very closest friend, I can’t accept it. No, I never had to make that dreaded decision about Him, but He DID have to make it about me! I’m so glad that He chose to love me, and He CHOSE to love you just the same.

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