More like falling in love.

Give me rules
I will break them
Give me lines
I will cross them
I need more than a truth to believe
I need a truth that lives, moves, and breathes
To sweep me off my feet
It ought to be

More like falling in love
Than something to believe in
More like losing my heart
Than giving my allegiance
Caught up, called out
Come take a look at me now
It's like I'm falling, oh
It's like I'm falling in love

Give me words
I'll misuse them
Obligations
I'll misplace them
'Cause all religion ever made of me
Was just a sinner with a stone tied to my feet
It never set me free
It's gotta be

More like falling in love
Than something to believe in
More like losing my heart
Than giving my allegiance
Caught up, called out
Come take a look at me now
It's like I'm falling, oh
It's like I'm falling in love

...It's like I'm falling in love, love, love
Deeper and deeper
It was love that made
Me a believer
In more than a name, a faith, a creed
Falling in love with Jesus brought the change in me
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I've been listening to the above song constantly lately. It's "More Like Falling in Love" by Jason Gray, and it is incredible. It made me really thing about the fact that a relationship with Christ should be so much more like falling in love than any other thing. I should be head over heels for my Savior. I should be so deeply in love with him that I can't keep silent, that I have to tell people about the love that I have found. My faith should be focused on loving Christ with all that I have, all that I am, rather than following a set of rules and obligations. In fact I feel like obedience to Christ will just naturally come out of loving him that much and that is AWESOME. Obedience for the sake of itself is tough and often not all that fun, but obedience fueled by love seems to take on a new meaning. It seems to get easier, and even when that is not the case, it sure seems to be more worth it. So I want to take this summer and fall in love with Jesus...sure I've done it before, but I think its possible to fall in love with him again and again...and as it keeps happening, it lasts longer because I realize what it takes to be in a love relationship with the Creator of the universe. I realize how much more full and excited I am when I am constantly engaged in loving and listening to God. So here's to falling in love...again.