Romance of Relationship

Romance is defined as a feeling of excitement and mystery associated with love. To be wooed, chased or pursued. I mean seriously, who doesn't want to be WOOED!? 

With romance, there will be things you won't agree with necessarily. The person you are romancing won't always be reciprocal or accepting of your advances. There are and will be things about your love that you really don't like, but you love them as a whole person despite their minor shortcomings. 

Romancing someone can be hard work and it takes effort on both sides. This is an ongoing effort to consistently make your relationship work. But isn't it worth it? 

We have an invisible God who desires to romance us, chase us and pursue us. God also longs to be pursued, romanced even. The word says that the Lord your God is a jealous God. Aren't you jealous for the affections of the one you love? Of course God is jealous, he wants us for himself. He desperately loves you and wants to show you. Yet you won't give him the time of day. We treat a Holy God as though he doesn't exist, unless we need something from Him. When we treat God like he doesn't exist, we separate ourselves from Him, we begin to fall away....again...and again...and again. 

The romantic part of all this is that no matter how far you fall away, no matter how long you given him the cold shoulder and ignored Him, he STILL wants you. No matter how much you disobey Him, no matter how much you romance the notion of other loves, no matter how much you shun his advances, he still wants YOU. 

Think about the person you love most, your significant other, your spouse, your fiancé, the love of your life. I'm pretty all those shenanigans wouldn't fly with them and you'd likely never want to hurt them like that, and then have to see that pain you caused them when you look into their eyes.  With God, he loves you in spite of what you do. His heart is set on you and you are the apple of his eye. 

That's the romance of relationship with a jealous God.