Vortex of Awesome

Why does God want to have a personal relationship with each and every one of us? Why does he want to spend any time at all with us being that we are completely unworthy of his valuable time? He desires that relationship because we are His creation, his Masterpiece. He loves us with a love that we will never completely understand. That love reaches far beyond emotion and the feels that we normally seek in our earthly relationships. He does not love us for what we can do for Him much unlike how we normally value our relationships. His love is a covenant. A contract with us to love us no matter what we do. No matter what choices we make. No matter how much we turn away from Him. He is omnipresent. He is always there waiting for us. His only desire is for us to return that love and guide us to truth. 

Ok, now that we’ve  got the surreal description of God’s love, can you think of any relationships here on earth that describes this kind of love? Is there anything that compares? In my opinion, the relationship that most closely resembles our relationship with God is the love between a Mother and Son. Take a moment and think about your mother. Ponder the awesomeness  of your mother’s unconditional love throughout your life and how that love has changed yet remained everlasting. 

When a man first gives his life to God he is like a newborn. His life revolves around his mother. She is his God in a sense. She gave him life. She gives him nourishment and love. His life is totally dependent on Her and every emotion is a reflection of his love. He is literally a bundle of Joy and is in complete Awe at the wonderful  new world around him and the beauty of his Mother. 

As time passes the  child becomes a boy and with that he loses some of that connection. The Awe fades. Though he still loves his Mother and she will always be his Mother, he starts to rebell. He defies his Mother’s guidance and kicks and screams when he doesn’t get his way. At times he even tells Her that he hates Her and wishes she would die and leave him alone. 

Now this is key. What’s the Mother’s response? How did your Mother respond when you treated her like that? Yes, She got angry. She may have spanked you or got your Father to spank you. She may have grounded you and took away your toys. She may have even withdrawn her affection for you for a time (which in my opinion was the worst punishment of all.) But She was still there. Waiting for you to change your heart and mind toward Her wise direction and loving you patiently from afar. It broke Her heart to see you in agony and in pain but it had to be done to ensure the best life for you. When you learned your lesson She embraced you and took you back into Her loving arms. When enough time had passed  and you still defied Her She still took you in those same loving arms and accepted you just he way you were. 

Time passes and the boy becomes a man. He leaves his Mother’s close embrace and She sends him out into the world with hopes that he has learned how to love and live life as She intended. He is free to make his own choices but has a firm foundation of love and wisdom thanks to Her. He makes mistakes and he creates victories and with each he calls his Mother to either be comforted or congratulated and at times to find direction. She longs for those calls that are too far apart. She desires to hear from him constantly but knows he must live and learn so She gives the room to grow and just watches from afar. 

Then the man meets a woman. He experiences the same cycles of love that he had with his Mother. At first he can’t think straight. Everything revolves around this woman. She is his whole life and decides to tell his Mother that he would like to marry her. The mother approves reluctantly. She wishes he would live completely devoted to Her but She knows he is a man and has desires so She gives her blessing. 

Marriage. This is another key act of love. It is a covenant that 2 people make with one another and is the purest and closest to God’s own love, outside if the Mother/son relationship, there is on earth. Now back to your regularly scheduled program. 

The son marries his Bride. He is elated! How amazing this woman is and the wonders that She beholds! He is completely in love with Her and cannot live without her. Granted, he still calls his Mother and tells her how amazing life is on the daily and tells Her how much he still loves his Mother and he will always be her little boy. 

TIME passes. That pesky and persistent TIME. Feelings fade. Work consumes time. Kids come and he is a Father. He completely overrun with all that life has thrown at him and all the responsibilities. He doesn’t call his mother anymore and he hardly ever looks at his wife. He starts to wonder what is he doing all this for? He longs for he freedom to be his own man. He just wants to escape it all. 

Then he remembers his Mother. He remembers the covenant, unconditional  love she  has for him. He remembers how he treated Her as a child and neglected Her. He remembers how no matter what, She took him in Her arms and held him. Then he remembers his Vow to his wife. He vowed to love her for better or worse, sickness and health, no matter what and realizes that loss of feeling is NOT what love is. It’s that commitment to be there and to give himself to her completely under all cicumstances. That’s love. That’s the love his Mother showed Him. That’s the love God has for us. That’s the love he needs to show his wife. 

He changes his view of love. one that he has always known but until now has never realized. He now does all he can to keep his covenant with his wife and with that effort came the feels again. 

What a wonderful, awe inspiring thing real love is. It is everything. It is the essence of God. If you ever feel alone and disconnected from God, remember your mother and the love she has for you.Unwavering. Complete. Wonderful love. 

I need to call my mom.