Bulletin Article 10.29.06 -- This Kind of Love

One of my favorite—if not my favorite—musical artists is Sister Hazel out of Jacksonville, Florida. They recently released their newest album. One of the things that characterizes their songs is creative and thoughtful lyrics. One of their songs on this newest album is entitled, “This Kind of Love.” It is my assumption that it was written with a spouse in mind and speaking of romantic love. However, it is very easy to think about it in terms of the spiritual love offered to us by our Savior. Notice the words of “This Kind of Love:”

This kind of love makes me feel ten feet tall,
It makes all my problems fall.
This kind of trust helps me to hold the line,
I’ll be there every time.

This kind of hope is what I try to find
And now I can’t deny I believe
This kind of faith is so unshakeable
It’s unmistakable
It’s bigger than me

Your love can move a mountain
It makes my world go round
It’s always there to find me
I’m so lucky that I found…

This kind of love it’s what I dreamed about
It fills me up
It leaves no doubt
This kind of love it’s why I’m standing here
It’s something that we can share
I can’t get enough of this kind of love.

The first thing I think about when I hear these words is my wife, Amanda. I’m the lucky one that I’ve found “this kind of love.” There’s no doubt that I am who I am largely because of how she’s made me better.

Additionally, I’m reminded of the love of Christ. His love gives us great confidence (Eph. 3:12). It helps to ease our problems (Rom. 8:28). It helps us to stand strong (2 Tim. 4:17). His love is true and sure (John 13:1). His love is bigger than us (2 Cor. 5:14). We can do great things through his love (Rom. 8:37). It should dominate our lives (Eph. 5:2). We are lucky to have found a savior (1 John 3:16). It’s something that we need to share (John 13:34). We can never get enough of the love of Christ (Song 8:7).

Let’s review what Paul said in Romans 8 about the love of Christ:

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?
Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword?
As it is written, “For your sake we are being killed all the day long; we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.”
No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.
For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Hope everyone has a wonderful week. Hope you have found “this kind of love” in Christ.