Crazy or Not??

Ok so to be honest this was my newsletter article for this month.  But I’m not really inspired to write twice in a couple days so heres that.  Maybe I’ll get back on here in a few and do something original.

I recently attended a Youth Ministry conference in Fort Worth, TX and while I was there the speaker kept saying things that really stepped on my toes.  It wasn’t like one of those moments when you leave something mad or offended it was a feeling of, “I have work to do.”  The man was named Francis Chan and he just wrote a great book called “Crazy Love” that I’m right in the middle of reading.  But the point of his messages really struck me.  Have you ever thought about the love of God?  We all know that God loves us.  If you ask small children do they know God loves them, I’m sure the majority will tell you yes.  Most of us can quote John 3:16 without even really thinking about it.  But do we really get how great God’s love is.  The idea that God would give his son to die for me is kind of hard to wrap my head around.  I don’t have kids, but I can tell you I wouldn’t give my child up to die for someone else.  Let alone millions of people who have sinned against me.  And I’m sure if I asked you, you wouldn’t give up your children either.  That kind of love is just flat out amazing to me.  But the question that stepped on my toes is this one.  How do you show God’s love?  Are you passionately in love with your savior?  This really hit me.  God loves me so much that He gave His son and yet so many times I don’t think I act like I’m in love with Him at all.  Many times our walk with God becomes routine, but as followers of Christ, He has called us into a relationship with Him, and not just any relationship, but one that passionately follows and one that passionately loves God and loves others in His name.  So in this article, I’m passing the question on.  Are you passionately in love with your Savior?  Or do you find yourself like I did.  We have work to do.