The Great Romance
Feb 6th, 2008 by Amanda
I belong to my lover, and his desire is for me.
I’ve said before that I’m not in love with God. For me, God has always been a father figure, not a lover.
Tonight I finished reading (rereading, actually), Ted Dekker’s Circle Trilogy. These three books are among my all time favorite books, but I’ve never seen some of the things that I saw in this reading of them.
These books speak of the Great Romance between Elyon and His people. And, for the first time, I understand the concept of the Bride of Christ. That’s always been one of those Christianese phrases that everyone knows and says, but it’s never held any real meaning for me. Tonight, it does. I don’t know that I can say that I feel this Romance… but I want to.
After I finished reading White tonight, I was prompted to read the Song of Songs. Much of the imagery presented by Ted Dekker reminded me of this book. The book is the story of two lovers. They are, in all honesty, twitterpated by one another. And they are meant to represent the love between the Creator and the Created.
I have rejected this type of love. How much must that pain my Creator? He loves me. I mean He really loves me. And I have spurned that love by ignoring it or being blind to it.
I know that this is crazy talk to a lot of you. And that’s okay. Go ahead and think that I’ve lost my mind. I think I’m just beginning to find it.
You are not crazy, you are just deconstructing a bit, and that is fine.
Just remember that God tells us that his grace is sufficient for us. Grace is his undeserved, unmerited favor. Despite the pain he never stops loving.
Have a great day. My parents actually cut the song of songs (solomon) out of my bible when I was a kid. I get a kick out of that now!
There are many types of love. I think it’s probably right to explore them all in context with our relationship with God.