Love Wins!!!

Adam and I were having a conversation the other day while we were eating at the Waffle House. (By the way, I've eaten there before, but for some reason, my opinion has now changed, and it's my new old favorite.) Anyways, we were talking about the age old topic of God's Irresistible Grace. And tonight, as I lay here after watching the movie "Once" (which I will go into more later,) I started thinking about how it is time for me to really move on in life (again.) How now is the time to move, not later. You know those kind of times where God is kinda pushing you to start living right again. Again, anyways, I started thinking how I want to find a girl like that one day, and preferable soon. And so I thought to myself how love can change you, much like it did with the couple in the movie. And so I thought about how nice that will be one day when I have that. And then a thought occurred to me. It isn't so much that God's grace is irresistible, its more so its His love that is. Over the past year, He has constantly been pursuing me, and I have been running. But after awhile, I got tired. And now, here I am thinking about how tomorrow is the start of a new week. A new week to try this thing again. All this time, God has (yes, with his grace,) patiently, but lovingly waited it out for me. Now was this predestined or of my own choosing, who cares. I don't. But what hits me now in this moment, is Love. Love. God. Remember the verse "because God is Love." (1 Jn. 4:8) God is Love. Love is God. And although I don't think we can fully grasp, in this life, all that Love (God) encompasses, I do think that God (Love) has allowed us to witness many acts and creations throughout history to come to some understanding of its basic principles. And for me, its this: Love wins. I know that might sound cliche or Rob Bell(ish), but its true. Love (God) wins and overcomes. And so with His grace He saves us, but with His love He pursues us. And so it is this; His love is irresistible, not his grace. But I'm no theologian either...

Man, one of my new favorite songs from the movie is called "Say It To Me Now."
Here are the lyrics:

Scratching at the surface now
And I'm trying hard to work it out
And so much has gone misunderstood
And this mystery only leads to doubt
And I didn't understand
When you reached down to take my hand

And if you have something to say
You'd better say it now

'Cause this is what you've waited for
Your chance to even up the score
And as these shadows fall on me now
I will somehow

'Cause I'm picking up the message, Lord
And I'm closer than I've ever been before
So if you have something to say
Say it to me now
Just say it to me now


Go and watch this movie. Better yet, buy it. Trust me, its worth it. So I'll just keep scratching, and we'll see what happens.