Who doesn’t enjoy a good love story?! Every week, I look ahead to see what new romantic movie is coming out on the Hallmark channel, or on Masterpiece, and I set my DVR to record it!  I especially love it when it involves some adventure, a bit of mystery, and a handsome hero who wins over the love of a beauty!
I remember when I first saw the Keira Knightley version of Pride and Prejudice in the movie theatre.  Do you remember that scene towards the end of the movie when they meet on the bridge?  There was that morning sun shining through the mist that was all around them.  The handsome and strong Mr. Darcy was walking toward Elizabeth in that really amazing coat he was wearing, and her hair was all wispy and beautiful in the breeze.  By the time they spoke…the passion of it all was so much that I literally gasped OUT LOUD in the theatre! Ha! Ha! I looked to see if anyone had heard me…but everyone’s eyes were glued to the screen!! Phew! 🙂

Love stories…but did you ever stop to think that we are a part of the greatest love story of all time?  True!  It is the love story between the God of all Creation… and mankind!!  When I tell people that I’m a believer in Jesus Christ…I also tell them that I am NOT a believer in religion or rituals…I’m a believer in a real, personal relationship with an incredibly loving God.  It’s not about what I do, or don’t do…what a relief…because if my salvation were based on works or deeds, I’d fall short!!  It’s about what HE did, and what HE does!  Jesus Christ is the Hero of this love story…not me!

So, I was thinking today… that if I were asked to explain the entire Bible to someone sitting next to me on an airplane who had never heard what it was about before, it would probably sound like a love story, and it would go something like this…

Once upon a time, there lived a woman.  Her name was mankind.  She was created by a Handsome King who made her to be beautiful. But one day, she was deceived by an evil enemy!  She believed his yucky lies, and not only did it allow this evil enemy to enslave her, it also separated her from the Love of her Handsome King…  She believed that she was no longer loved, that she was ugly, despised, and all alone.  She soon found herself lost in sin and darkness…trying to fill the emptiness in her life with all things unlovely.

But…the Handsome King DID love her, and He came up with a plan to save her!  🙂

The Handsome King humbled himself, and paid the price for her salvation with His own life…His own blood…the sacrifice that was required to buy her freedom from the evil enemy.  He’d done nothing wrong…He simply loved her…and He was tried as a criminal…He was severely beaten, and killed…for her.

But…He’s the Hero in this love story, and so it doesn’t end there.  He goes on to defeat the evil enemy by coming back to life!!  The evil enemy did not see that one coming!  But Jesus, the Handsome King, and the Hero of the Story…comes out ahead! 🙂  If mankind simply believes in the King’s love for her, then she’s set free.

See?  It’s a love story plain and simple.

Romans 5:8 says, “But God showed His great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners.”  Thank You, Jesus (My Hero!) for loving me…:)

John 3:16 “For this is how God loved the
world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life.”