You’ve heard the expression. “God couldn’t be everywhere and therefore He made mothers.” That is an example of how God loves us and makes love to us. Isaiah 66: 11-13 expresses God’s love for Jerusalem and for us.
“That you may be suckled, filled
“From her consoling breast,
“That you may savour with delight
“Her glorious breasts…
“Like a son comforted by his mother
“Will I comfort you.”
God’s love is experienced by babies in their mothers’ embrace. God’s love is experienced by lovers in each other’s embrace as well. God’s greatest gift to us is love.
God makes love to us again and again. Every sunrise, every breath and every taste of joy teaches us about our creator. We gasp with joy and we pant as we run and fill our lungs with the wind. Our hearts beat high with the joy of being alive and strong.
Our greatest human love songs echo that oneness with God for which we longed for since conception. There is an ancient tradition in the church that every human begins with a kiss.
When a person is created, God kisses his or her soul and then sends him or her forth into the world. As we grow we forever yearn for another kiss from God. We yearn for that intimacy again.
In Celine Dion’s love song Falling Into You we can see how the lyrics might apply to our love affair with God:
“I was afraid to let you in here
“Now I have learned love can't be made in fear
“The walls begin to tumble down
“And I can't even see the ground
“I'm falling into you
“This dream could come true
“And it feels so good falling into you.”
Then there is Jim Croce’s Time in a Bottle which could as well be expressing our longing for love eternal:
“If I could save time in a bottle
“The first thing that I'd like to do
“Is to save every day
“'Til eternity passes away
“Just to spend them with you
“If I could make days last forever
“If words could make wishes come true
“I'd save every day like a treasure and then,
“Again, I would spend them with you.”
But “there never seems to be enough time to do the things we want to do” or should do.
In the end, it is God who “we want to go through time with.”
Meanwhile, savour the gifts of lovers, family and community. Be grateful for the blessings of the senses in creation and the joys of the spiritual world as well.
And when it comes to turning back to God, I am reminded of Cher’s song:
“If I could turn back time
“If I could find a way
“I'd take back those words…”
We are in a world where sin and pride often control us. Cher’s song echoes:
“I lost every thing… then and there
“Too strong to tell you I was sorry
“Too proud to tell you I was wrong.”
But God is still in love with us. He never left us. And He continues showering His graces and blessings. We still can “reach the stars” and return all creation and our love to God. And God will love us the way He used to and the way He always will.
