I have the pleasure of being in community with a group of dynamic young women. They give me an "insider's" view to what it's like to negotiate today's culture from their point of view, and I must say that things haven't changed all that much since I was their age. Oh sure, the culture has changed tremendously since my generation started the unraveling of the fabric of morals and behavioral conduct that glues our society together. However while the culture may be different, many of their personal expectations remain the same.
The other night our conversation steered to books we're reading or have read. Love was the number one topic. Romantic love. Sweep me off my feet love. Knight-in-shining-armor love. Yes, they are still looking for their hero ~ the he-loves-me-so-much-he-would-die-for-me kind.
And yet he already exists in their lives. He is loving, compassionate, forgiving and kind. His love is unshakable, relentless, passionate and never-ending. He deeply desires relationship with them. He understands them completely, and gives good counsel and guidance. And He has already died for them so that they may live.
And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have the (ability)...to grasp how wide and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge ~ that you may be filled to the measure of all fullness of God. (Ephesians 3:18)
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