It\u2019s just a few days until Valentine\u2019s Day so it\u2019s time to get our love songs play list ready to go!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When my then-boyfriend (later, my husband) and I were dating, we had a favorite \u201cpuppy love\u201d song, Bobby Vee\u2019s \u201cMy Venus in Blue Jeans\u201d \u2014 LOL! As we continued dating, we crooned over \u201cHey Paula, I Wanna\u2019 Marry You\u201d and then being avid musical theater fans, our song was The Music Man\u2019s \u201cTill There Was You\u201d. My brother, with his exquisite baritone voice, sang that one at our wedding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In later years, Kenny Rogers (RIP), with his amazing vibrato voice, put to lyrics and music what we felt about each other. We swooned over \u201cLady\u201d, \u201cShe Believes in Me\u201d, and our absolute favorite was \u201cThrough the Years\u201d. I\u2019ve been known to tear up if I hear that one playing over a sound system somewhere!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Aw! Bring on the romance with candlelight and love songs playing in the background. To love and be loved is life\u2019s sweetest treasure. I knew that love and that treasure. But even more than earthly love, the most beloved relationship we could ever hope to experience is our relationship with God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That love grows exponentially when we discover the beautiful romance we have with Him. He yearns for us to share a life of beauty, intimacy, and adventure with Him. In Jeremiah 31:3, He says \u201cI have loved you with an everlasting love.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
God made the whole world for romance \u2014 the rivers, meadows, mountains, beaches, flowers, music, a kiss, a sunrise, a sunset, a touch. But where is the romance when we let that relationship slide and we lose ourselves in work, stress, concern and worry? That\u2019s with our earthly love AND with the Lover of our souls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI, the LORD your God, am a jealous God who will not share your affection with any other god!\u201d Exodus 20:5. WOW! God is jealous for our romance. When we put so much of life\u2019s stuff ahead of Him, we are sharing our affection with other gods. He longs for us to be tender and inviting, intimate and fiercely devoted to Him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Oh yes, our God has a passionate, romantic heart for us. There is no \u201cearthly\u201d love to compare. He knows our thoughts and our deepest desires. God\u2019s love for us is immeasurable, unfathomable and it transcends our human understanding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Excuse me — it\u2019s time for romance and love songs. Won’t you join me in romancing our Lord, the One Whose steadfast love calls us to Him now:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI love you Lord and I lift my voice,
To worship You, oh my soul, rejoice!
Take joy my King, in what You hear.
May it be a sweet, sweet sound in your ears.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Psalms 59:16: \u201cI will sing of your strength; I will sing aloud of your steadfast love in the morning. For You have been to me a fortress and a refuge in the day of my distress.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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