"I was stumbling along the road in life’s journey when I came to a fork in the road. As I approached the fork in the road trying to decide which path to take, a very handsome king named World approached me and told me how beautiful I was and that I should go left and spend my life with him where he’d make me his queen and satisfy my desires. As I stand at the fork contemplating the direction of my life, World shows his love for me in promising me a long life where all of my dreams come true, my dream job, my dream car, my house and family. He tells me tho we just met, it was love at first sight and we’re made for each other. Then Jesus stepped in, telling me to go right and says He has a love that far surpasses all others. But my life with Him won’t be glamorous or easy. He says with Him I’ll have to die but I’ll live, I may be poor, but I’ll be rich, I’ll suffer but I’ll have constant joy. As He speaks, He senses my confusion and as the world kissed my neck and whispered in my ear, Jesus says ‘I’ll just show you my love, wait right here’.
When He let them take Him in the garden of Gethsemane, He turned to me and said ‘I do it for you my love’. As He stood before the crowd and they punched and spit on Him, before allowing another blow to His swollen face, He turned and said “I’ll take it for you my love”. After every crack of the whip, He turned as blood dripped from His face and said ‘For you my love’. As a crown of thorns ripped the skin of His forehead, He looked up and said ‘this pain for you My love’. As the first nail pierced the flesh of His soft hand, He looked over to me and said “my wounds for you My love”. As He hung on the Cross slowly letting go of life, He looked past His crying mother at me and said “because I love you”.
As I looked at Jesus dying on the Cross, World came up from behind me, wrapped his arms around me, kissed my cheek and said, ‘but don’t you need someone to hold you on a cold winter day, someone to text you just to say you’re beautiful and someone to take you to your favorite restaurant. You need someone to give you roses on Valentines, to make you feel special and sweep you off your feet. And before I knew it, I had walked AWAY from Jesus who hung there dying for me on the Cross and was walking hand in hand with world down his path. And world promised me many things, but he never promised to be faithful and true, to be patient and understanding and he never promised not to hurt me. So one day after I had gotten so low, so full from swine slops and so hurt, I left world and with a broken heart and a shattered spirit, I ran. I ran back to Jesus who was still on the Cross with Him arms stretched and dried blood on His brow, smiled at me and said warmly “I knew you’d be back My love. With eyes filled with tears and a heart filled with shame, I mustered a smile, climbed up on the cross and died with Him. But we rose together three days later-He with all power and authority and me with a new heart and a new spirit-His Spirit dwelling inside of me. So as we walk hand in hand together through life-I see His love in a beautiful butterfly, a passing cloud, 66 love letters, and through others. And even if I fall along our journey, He reaches out His right hand to pick me up, dust me off and keep walking as if He never saw it.
As iron sharpens iron, let us learn from each other and not let physical and instant gratification and attraction, steer us from the Only one who brings TRUE SATISFACTION."
FOR THE MALES
"I was stumbling along the road in life’s journey when I came to a fork in the road. As I approached the fork in the road trying to decide which path to take, a very beautiful queen named World approached me and told me how handsome I was and that I should go left and spend my life with her where she’d make me her King and satisfy my desires.
As I stand at the fork contemplating the direction of my life, World shows her love for me in promising me a long life where all of my dreams come true, my dream job, my dream car, my house and family. She tells me tho we just met, it was love at first sight and we’re made for each other. Then Jesus stepped in, telling me to go right and says He has a love that far surpasses all others. But my life with Him won’t be glamorous or easy. He says with Him I’ll have to die but I’ll live, I may be poor, but I’ll be rich, I’ll suffer but I’ll have constant joy. As He speaks, He senses my confusion and as the world kissed my neck and whispered in my ear, Jesus says ‘I’ll just show you my love, wait right here’.
When He let them take Him in the garden of Gethsemane, He turned to me and said ‘I do it for you my love’. As He stood before the crowd and they punched and spit on Him, before allowing another blow to His swollen face, He turned and said “I’ll take it for you my love”. After every crack of the whip, He turned as blood dripped from His face and said ‘For you my love’. As a crown of thorns ripped the skin of His forehead, He looked up and said ‘this pain for you My love’. As the first nail pierced the flesh of His soft hand, He looked over to me and said “my wounds for you My love”. As He hung on the Cross slowly letting go of life, He looked past His crying mother at me and said “because I love you”.
As I looked at Jesus dying on the Cross, World came up from behind me, wrapped his arms around me, kissed my cheek and said, ‘but don’t you need someone to hold you on a cold winter day, someone to text you just to say "you’re the man" and someone to take you to your favorite restaurant. You need someone to call your Valentines, to make you feel special and sweep you off your feet. And before I knew it, I had walked AWAY from Jesus who hung there dying for me on the Cross and was walking hand in hand with world down her path. And world promised me many things, but she never promised to be faithful and true, to be patient and understanding and she never promised not to hurt me. So one day after I had gotten so low, so full from swine slops and so hurt, I left world and with a broken heart and a shattered spirit, I ran. I ran back to Jesus who was still on the Cross with Him arms stretched and dried blood on His brow, smiled at me and said warmly “I knew you’d be back My love. With eyes filled with tears and a heart filled with shame, I mustered a smile, climbed up on the cross and died with Him.
But we rose together three days later-He with all power and authority and me with a new heart and a new spirit-His Spirit dwelling inside of me. So as we walk hand in hand together through life-I see His love in a beautiful butterfly, a passing cloud, 66 love letters, and through others. And even if I fall along our journey, He reaches out His right hand to pick me up, dust me off and keep walking as if He never saw it.
As iron sharpens iron, let us learn from each other and not let physical and instant gratification and attraction, steer us from the Only one who brings TRUE SATISFACTION."
