How He Loves Us

We had an interesting conversation at Bible Study this morning.
We are studying James, and one of the questions was about ways that "friendship with the world" can be considered committing "adultery" against God.

There were many answers.
Any time our primary relationships take a lower priority than other things or people in our lives, we run the risk of infidelity.

Our hearts are fickle, and Jesus is gentle. He doesn't nag, or whine. He loves us and He is always there. It is so easy to find ourselves taking him for granted and putting Him last in our lives, even just out of laziness or busyness.
Even when we are committed to a relationship with God and we spend time in prayer and give Him something of ourselves, we don't often give Him ALL of ourselves.

He should be our first love.
He is the Bridegroom, and He is jealous for us.
The Grace that He wants to pour into our hearts, He wants to pour into hearts that are wide open to receive it. We can't even imagine how different our lives would be if we just gave Him all of ourselves.
But that is what true Love is.

We all had various examples of ways that we hold back, or put other things before Jesus.
We also had examples of people that have given all of themselves to Him.
St Theresa of Calcutta, St Padre Pio, St Theresa of Avila.
These were all people for whom Christ was the center. He was their everything.

I want to be a more faithful lover of my Lord. I want to think of Him first thing in the morning and last thing before I go to sleep. I want to always listen for His voice as I go through my day.
Rock Solid, that is His love for us. We are the Church, His Bride, let us be faithful.