Reflections of... L O V E !

       "The Love of my Life--My Sweet Valentine!"

                   Reflections Of… LOVE!

                                                                   by Alan P. Scaglione

So I was interviewing world renowned evangelist/public speaker Kat Kerr recently for my column on xulonpressblog.com when we started talking about Heaven and  what it was going to be like-- and she described her vision of Heaven the first time we enter.

Kat said that Jesus will meet us at the gate, escort us down the Golden Avenue, past the crystal Sea, which He will probably let us jump into so we can swim in it—just to pull us out and continue the escort us up the Avenue, then seeing the stairs up to the throne, He will walk us up the stairs to the one we have loved our whole life and have never met face to face—and at the top of the stairs—Jesus will present us to God the Father—and we will finally see HIM face to face!

I have to admit—her vision of what it may be like just caused me to remember how long I have lived for Christ, loved the Lord and planned to make Heaven my home.
I was recalling this conversation to my dearest lifelong friend, and she reminded me of how we felt when we first met the Lord.
We talked about the prayer meetings we attended AND people PRAYED!
Sometimes, for long periods of time—without getting bored or checking their cell phones(which looked like a brick back then) and never distracted.
God was a priority and all we wanted was—more of Jesus!
She said… “Remember when His love burned within us?”
I immediately thought of that passage of the disciples on the Road to Emmaus the day that the Lord was resurrected from the dead.
The men were discussing the events of the weekend—how Jesus was crucified on Friday and now, here on Sunday, someone said his body was missing.
Suddenly someone appeared to them and they walked with Him and asked Him questions about the events and “how could this be?” and He answered them.
Then, as if an illumination of a light bulb suddenly coming on, they said in Luke 24:32…
“Did not our heart burn within us, while He talked with us by the way, and while He opened to us the scriptures?”
Just those words…didn’t our heart burn within us as He walked with us and shared the scripture?
And I had to ask…in fact, I had to assess within my own heart…
When was the last time my heart burned within me over time spent with the Lord?
Oh ask me when’s the last time I felt that way about my wife—and I can tell you immediately because…I feel that kind of way for my wife even today…
14 years into marriage and she still makes my heart burn within me.
It’s Valentine’s Week and we celebrate this week Big!
We both spent time wondering if we would ever find love again—knowing that so many do NOT-- even though they deserve to love and be loved!
Still…Valentine’s Day is the most lonely day for so many—hated enough that some people get together just to make fun of Valentine’s and love.
So… while we feel empathy for those who are alone and lonely at Valentine’s…
We celebrate each year with a weeklong vacation to Key West or…this year, to Savannah!
And we give thanks to our Lord for gifting us with each other—and we still “like” each other too!
So…I can tell you about my heart burning for my lovely Bella…
But… for the Lord?
Hmmm? Let me think…
And then I stopped and said… When did I lose that feeling?
When’s the last time I was over the moon excited about the Lord?
And if ever there is a time to Feel His Love anew—Valentine’s is a Perfect Time!
So… in your prayer closet this week—linger there and just love the Lord your God, with all your heart, mind and soul…
And let your heart burn within you…for the Keeper of your Heart!

Happy Valentine’s!

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