Hitch

[Hitch (Will Smith) had his heart broken earlier in the film by Sara (Eva Mendes), yet until then the were having the best relationship either had ever had. This is Hitch's attempt to get her back.]

Awww, so romantic.  Can you guess why I placed this clip on the blog?  Am I encouraging you to jump onto cars?  Well not necessarily, but it does illustrate a point.  Love is messy, it can be painful, and wonderful.  Through various circumstances earlier in the film Sara and Hitch had broken up.  They both had things that they had done wrong, but in the end it was Hitch who said no, you are worth to much, I'm not going to let you leave.  To love at all is to risk.  This is what Hitch was doing when he jumped on the car, when he went to see Sara.  His analogy at the end about the rock is so adequate to what it feels like when the love is not returned.  It is risky to love, but it is completely worth it.  If we just accept fine as the best we can do then we will never experience the fullness ready for us.  It is this fullness that we are made for.

Now I am not encouraging you to jump on cars, but I am encouraging you to risk something in your love.  If it requires nothing out of you then what you had is not really love.  Love is sacrificial by its very nature.  Christ taught us this on the cross.  This is the pursuit to which God loves us.  He loves us fully, and completely.  He will run after you, jump on cars, anything to hold you in His arms.  Our God is a God of action, romance.  He does not sit idly on the sidelines waiting for your affections, He is seeking after your heart.  The question remains are you open like Sara to being the beloved of your Seeker?  Allow God to love you this day, and shower His kindness and love on you this day.