A Love So Golden

As the sun shone a halo around her golden head, I couldn’t help but stare. Her beauty was simply breathtaking. I swear that an angelic choir must have followed her around praising God’s masterpiece.  She could have been King Midas for it seemed that everything that touched her turned to gold. The way she would brush her hair out of her face as she sat slouched over her work would drive me crazy. The way she managed to give me a quirky smile whenever I attempted to make her laugh. Yep I was a goner. I was in love; and I was only in the 5^th grade.

We’ve all been there. Whether you’re a guy or a girl, someone accustomed to chasing people around the playground or the one who never really dated, we’ve all had at least one middle school crush. Aw yes, the crush that made our hearts both soar and ache from wanting someone so badly. Yes, the crush on that one person that managed to penetrate our hearts, minds, and souls far more than cooties. We couldn’t explain it 

but for some reason we were smitten, held enchanted by everything they did.

If you were anything like I was when I was in middle school then you know the feeling of “loving” someone so much that it hurts, of “loving” someone so much that all you can do is eat, sleep, and think about them, of “loving” someone so much that you would give the whole world to just have her return the affection.

This is how God loves us.

I’ve spoken about, talked about, led bible studies about, preached about, and wrote about His love for us. I’ve said it and you have heard it. But it wasn’t till I remembered the feelings that rode around with me as a 5^th grade boy trying his everything to get that one special girl to notice me that His love sank in.

He loves you so much that He would do anything for you (He already has). He cherishes the ground you walk on. He hears an angelic choir following you wherever you tred. He has been pursuing you for your whole life, chasing your around and around the urban playgrounds of our lives just trying to get us to notice Him. Like me in 5^th grade, all He wants is for His love to return the affection.

Merely,

Chris Gerac 

“Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love” 1 John 4:8, NIV