Feb
14
2011
Love is a beautiful and lofty thing, as long as it’s abstract and distant. Once it becomes ‘real’ that’s when the hard stuff starts.
That’s because love is actually a choice we make, to choose to do the ‘best’ thing for others even if it hurts or is inconvenient. That’s why we must ‘choose’ to Love God. It may come easier at times, when our emotions and circumstances and the moon and the stars are just in the right place…but other times that choice is painful. When Christ laid his life down for the world, He demonstrated what real love looked like. It’s not pretty…but it is beautiful beyond words. That’s the kind of love we attempt to describe in our song, “Love Amazing”.
“Greater love has no man than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.” John 15:13
Actually, He went one step further; He laid down his life for his friends…and his enemies.
This valentine’s day we celebrate the people who choose to love, even when times are difficult. When they’ve lost someone so dear to them that it becomes unbearable…but still find the strength to give hope to others. The one’s who demonstrate Christ’s love to all of us. The mothers and fathers who never give up on their prodigal sons and daughters. The husbands and wives in hospital rooms holding frail hands and whispering prayers in the night. You and I.. we are not alone…we have an eternal friend who understands us and loves us beyond what any can imagine…and that kind of Love is worth celebrating every day of the year.
~gabe
Gina said:
Mar 03, 2011 7:58 pm
I didn’t see this post until today… the day I quoted your song on my facebook was a day spent spent pleading for the life of a friend (I saw her the day before in the hospital… she’s been in a coma for a few weeks now.) Tomorrow they decide whether to end life support… the doctors have given up hope. I’m trusting in God’s amazing Love- whether He brings a last minute miracle or He takes her home. This song brings me hope
james romo said:
Feb 14, 2011 12:45 pm
Hey gabe, you are sooo right! Man I was at alto frio camp with you guys last year, that was actually the first time I really understood how greatly God loves me and loves everyove I mean I was a christian before I went to camp that week but when you guys played songs like “Love Amazing” and “How He Loves” I really felt that true connection for the first time. Love you guys you helped me really understand God’s love for me and the whole wolrd better.
oh and P.S. I Played “Love Amazing” on my guitar and sang it for my church yesterday and they LOVed It!