Living Faith

September 8, 2010 by Sal Termini.

If you have spent any time watching TV, listening to the radio, or browsing online you would have noticed a proliferation of online dating adds. They all require some kind of compatability profile. Two people must share who they are are in order to discover if they are right for each other. One company, called eHarmony, sums up the entire ideal of dating and long term relationsips in their name, “harmony.” In our busy everyday lives, finding a meaningful long-term relationship can be hard. Many people desire a deep, intimate, and loving relationship that will become a lifelong commitment. Psychology assures us those kind of people are happier, live longer, and are more content than others. One ad for online dating says, “Its about finding the love of your life.”

Dating is not about following rules or having a philosophy about love that you stringently follow. It is about growing in compatibility with someone who is important to you. When we strive for compitability, harmony between two people blossoms into love. When you find someone you truly love, you do not think about dating someone else. When you are in love you want to be around the person you love. You don’t want to be selfish, or hurt the person you love. True love is nurturing and respectful. Love desires to please the one we love. A relationship is a living thing.

People mistake Christianity for a religion which is nothing more than rule keeping. Christianity is a relationship with God. God has revealed to us who He is, and what He requires for us to have a relationship with Him. If we want to live in harmony with God we need to get to know Him. We must learn to be compatible with Him. When we do, we will most assuredly fall in love with Him. Christianity is falling in love with an unselfish God who made us and desires a relationship with us. He wants our love to be like His — faithful and unselfish.

Most of the world’s religions are rules meant to appease some god. Christianity is a relationship that seeks to love and please God. Christianity is a love-based relationship, not a religion. The things that please God are those things that are loving and kind towards Him and other people. True Christianity is a living, daily relationship with the creator of the universe. We love God deeply and want to be in harmony with Him. The New Testament is God’s compatibility profile. You have to decide if you want to spend eternity alone or with God. You have to decide if you want the “love of your life,” or to be in relationships with things that don’t matter. You have to decide if you want to be in a committed relationship with God.

Invest the time to find the most meaningful relationship of all – one with God at the center. What I have found is, for most people their love is too shallow and they are too superficial to really invest in loving and knowing God. God is the lover of your soul and no one will love you like He will.

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