Just An Old Fashioned Love Story

I love you! I love you! I love you!

Remember the touching romance story of the frog prince, trapped by a spell that turned him into an ugly frog whereby only by kissing it could break the spell and turned the ugly frog back into a handsome prince. Then along came contemporaries love story movies like Shrek, a romance setting of the old beauty and the beast tale. Had any of these successful romances of impossible matches influenced any of todays romances?

Do people love because they understood true love?

Ever heard, read or encountered a truly honest true love story recently?

I read, heard and encountered this romantic tale about a Father after a perfect bride for His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ. Like any romance tale, it is composed of a twist, the presence of a jealous suitor, Satan, out to wreck the Father's perfect wedding ceremony, for His perfect Son.

Jesus Christ portrayed the perfect bridegroom, characterized by his humble, graceful, merciful and unfailing love attitude. Jesus is always accessible to any kind of help needed by his suitors even to the point of death. The extend of his agape love for his suitors resulted in him going through persecution, prosecution and execution. And he did this for those who were labeled "unwanted, rejected, discarded". Everyone of these mis-match were invited and welcomed to be a part of his eternal family, bound by a simple condition that each suitor acknowledged the Bridegroom as the True Only Begotten Son of the Living Almighty I AM of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

Jesus Christ aka the Son of the Living Creator, the Light, the Truth, the Way, the Life, the Saviour and Redeemer!

Over at the other corner is Satan, the self-centered, self proclaimed Prince of the world, handsome, wealthy of all material riches of the world, hypothetically a vain pot too! Satan is famed for his charming, seductive, alluring, captivating words and generosity of worldly wealth to his suitors who chose him. Yup! He is the one who give out Mercedes, BMWs, Rolex watches, bungalows, and an assortment of the world's currencies. I read that his eternal kingdom is a fiery one! And don't even dream of air conditioners! There ain't any!

Satan aka The Devil, the Prince of Darkness, Deceiver, Liar, The Evil One, The Fallen Angel!

Having introduced you the bridegrooms, the irony is, for Jesus Christ, the heavenly Father make His choice, selecting brides for the Son with the balance going to Satan. I've learnt that the heavenly Father's grace is bountiful for those who will not surrender their pursuit to be brides of His Son.

Genuine true love acts in silence. Love is humble, patient and kind. Love is never jealous or boastful or proud or rude. Love does not demand it's own way. Love is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged. Love does not rejoice about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth prevails. Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstances.

Fake love bears the following similitude. It seemingly attracts you with priceless worthless material things that don't last. It charm and captivate you with seductive sweet words. Fake love abdicate confrontation with difficult circumstances. Fake love deceived you into believing that it will triumph over circumstances where only agape love can remedied.

Do you know what is love and understand it?

Ask God, the Father who is love. He knows because true love comes from Him. We love because He first love us in His Son, Jesus. The sinful person cannot see, experience and comprehend true love because love belongs to the Father, who is holy.

I am compelled to include the following Scripture in closing.

Do not love this world nor the things it offers you, for when you love the world, you do not have the love of the Father in you. For the world offers only a craving for the physical pleasure, a craving for everything we see, and pride in our achievements and possessions. These are not from the Father, but are from this world. And this world is fading away, along with everything that people crave. But anyone who does what pleases God will live forever.
1 John 2:15-17

Watch out for my next posting titled 'I Hate You'

In a flash, the people you loved most, turned around and hated you. Galatian 4:16 have prepared us for those moments, Have I now become your enemy because I am telling you the truth? In a flash, the trust in the true lover turned to the fake lover!