So in Love

'A woman should be so in love with God that a man should have to go through Him to get to her.'

I've heard this so many times in my life, but I had never fully understood what it really meant. And to be honest, I still don't really understand it. I suppose I could begin with, as a hormonal young adult, I tend to see the opposite sex first as an attractive individual. First, their eyes draw you in. Then their arms, back, or chest. And finally, their smile.

But as a child of God, that is not how we are called to see them. We're called to see the opposite sex, first and foremost, as brothers and sisters in Christ, forming a brotherly love among one another, developing a friendship out of a mutual love and respect for a being much greater than ourselves.

As women of God, we are called to have a first love. Our true first love being for the God that knew us first, created us for Him, knit us together, and memorized every fiber of our being. He is our first love.

Love, as a Christian, was once described to me as a race. We're running, racing even, towards our truest love. As you look to your left and right, you find the people that are keeping up with you, maybe even those slightly ahead of you. Those are the ones you want to chase. The ones that you want to take on the journey of life, and will sharpen you, build you up, and challenge you.

Our time should be spent running towards our Creator, giving our all into our relationship with Him. As we find others as wrapped up in Him as we are, He will lead us to those relationships. And I guess, to an extent, that's what it means. A girl should be running towards God in such a way that only those running with her will make it into her heart.