Sweet and Romantic Love Songs
When my then-boyfriend (later, my husband) and I were dating (young things that we were), we had a favorite “puppy love” song, Bobby Vee’s “My Venus in Blue Jeans” — LOL! As we continued dating, we crooned over “Hey Paula, I Wanna’ Marry You” and then being avid musical theater fans, “our song” was The Music Man’s “Till There Was You”. My brother, with his exquisite baritone voice, sang it so beautifully at our wedding.
In later years, Kenny Rogers, with his amazing vibrato voice, became our most-loved singer who put to lyrics and music what we felt about each other. We swooned over “Lady”, “She Believes in Me”, and our absolute favorite was “Through the Years”.
Love songs enhance romance, bring ambiance to an otherwise cold room, and add a few candles, then whoa la, you’ve got a set up for sweet long. Seriously, the everyday grind-of-life becomes beautiful and life changes so dramatically when romance comes into our lives. To love and be loved is life’s sweetest treasure. But even more than earthly love, the most beloved relationship we could ever hope to experience is our relationship with God. That love changes dramatically when we discover the great romance we have with Him. God yearns to share a life of beauty, intimacy, and adventure with us. In Jeremiah 31:3, He says “I have loved you with an everlasting love”. This whole world was made for romance — the rivers and the meadows, the mountains and the beaches. Flowers, music, a kiss, a sunrise, a sunset, a touch. But we have a way of forgetting all that as we lose ourselves in work, stress, concern and worry.
“I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God who will not share your affection with any other god!” Exodus 20:5. WOW! He is jealous for our romance. When we put so much of life’s stuff ahead of Him, we are sharing our affection with other gods. He longs for us to be tender and inviting, intimate and alluring, fiercely devoted to Him. Oh yes, our God has a passionate, romantic heart for us.
There’s no “earthly” love like His love. God is so intimately concerned about every detail of our life that He even numbered the hairs of our head. He knows our thoughts and our deepest desires. Oh, how He loves you and me. Shouldn’t we treasure our loving God in the same way?
God’s love for us is immeasurable and unfathomable and it transcends our human understanding. He pleads with us “Please let me be your God, your everything, your reason for breathing.” Knowing this love so deeply and profoundly, I must stop here in this post for today. Excuse me. It’s time for romance. It’s time for a love song to the Lover of my Soul:
Psalms 59:16: “I 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.”
Shhh! I hear Him singing a love song to me…..Zephaniah 3:17 “The LORD your God among you is powerful — He will save and He will take joyful delight in you. In His love He will renew you with His love; He will celebrate with singing because of you”.