Love and Pain

"I need your hurt, I need your pain, it's not love any other way"- Any Other Way by Tenth Avenue North

Think about it. The only way that we are loved, is if our hurts and our pains go along with it. Now think about this, Jesus loves us. I know that I hear that and think "Oh, that's nice. I'm glad he does." But I really don't think about what he is really doing for us. He is taking all of our hurts, our pain that we have felt from so many life experiences, and all of our crap. That's true love. That's the way he loves His bride, and it's the way all of us as humans want to be loved.

As I've blogged about before, God has really changed my perspective on dating and love. I mentioned in that blog, that God had been teaching me to not think logically about love, but rather with my heart and feelings. Because if I had kept thinking logically about love, I would have seen all of the pain and hurt that goes with the happiness and joy, then I would have turned away from love. But God got a hold of my heart and changed my perspective.

So I normally like to end my blogs with a challenge. For this post, I really want to encourage you all to go out and find out Christ's love for yourself. Dig into the word, all of it, and really look for Jesus' and God's love for us. It's pretty amazing where you find it because it is all throughout the bible. I'll leave you with this awesome video journal from Tenth Avenue North's lead singer from the song Beloved.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOaWb7AIVVc

And also a video journal to the song Any Other Way.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0v99khOnLeQ