True Love

Tonight I had a blip of revelation about true love...perfect love. I had the absolute pleasure of going to a party with some friends tonight. I was surrounded by folks who live a very different lifestyle than I do. As I looked at each face and listened to them chat with each other, I felt a sweetness in my heart toward them. Not because of anything they did...it was just a feeling. As I drove home, it hit me what that feeling was...it was love. The kind of love that loves without condition. The kind of love that sees deep into a heart, beyond choices, beyond  lifestyle...and sees the beauty of the person. 

It says in Song of Solomon 1:5 " I am dark, but lovely." In this brief comment, the Shulamite is saying that she sees her darkness, the dark blotches of sin on her heart YET she knows that to her Beloved, she is lovely. He sees past her current state and He sees the person He created her to be. He says she has value, that she is a treasure. He sees her, not as man sees her , but He sees deep into her heart.

Tonight, I think I felt a bit of His love like that for others. I saw past the lifestyle and into the heart. I felt the depth of His love for His creation...and it was sweet. Love...perfect love...there is nothing else like it.