Longing For Romance

A woman becomes beautiful when she knows she’s loved. We’ve seen this many times – you probably have too. Cut off from love, rejected, no one pursuing her, something in a woman wilts like a flower no one waters anymore. She withers into resignation and shame. The radiance of her countenance goes out, as if a light has been turned off. But this same woman, who everyone thought was rather plain and unengaging, becomes lovely and inviting when she is “pursued.” Her heart begins to come alive, come to the surface, and her countenance becomes radiant. We wonder, “Where has she been all these years?” or “Who is that woman?”

Her beauty was always there.

What happened to this woman was merely the power of romance releasing her true beauty, awakening her heart. She has come alive.

As women, we long to be loved in a certain way, a way unique to our femininity. We long for romance. We are wired for it; it’s what makes our hearts come alive. You know that. Somewhere, down deep inside, you know this. But what you might never have known is this…

This doesn’t need to wait for a guy.

God longs to bring this into your life Himself. He wants you to move beyond the childlike “Jesus loves me, this I know, for the bible tells me so.” He wants to heal us through His love to become mature women who actually “know” Him. He wants us to experience His Sweet Word. Our hearts are desperate for this. What would it be like to experience for yourself that the truest thing about His heart towards yours is not disappointment or disapproval but deep, fiery, passionate love? This is, after all, what a woman was made for.

Faithful obedience to God is vital, but it is not all God draws us to. It is not sufficient for our healing, no more than doing the laundry is sufficient for a marriage. And it will not be enough in the long run to carry us through. We need Romance!

God says He is our Lover. If you’ll open your heart to the possibility, you’ll find that God has been wooing you ever since you were a little girl. Yes, He longs for you. The story of your life is also the story of the long and passionate pursuit of your heart by the One who knows you best and loves you most.

God has written the Romance not only on our hearts but all over the world around us. What we need is for Him to open our eyes, to open our ears that we might recognize His voice calling to us, see His hand wooing us in the beauty that quickens our hearts.

What were the things that romanced your heart as a girl? Was it flowers and butterflies in the garden? Was it the fragrance of the air after a summer rain? These were all whispers from your Lover, notes sent to awaken your heart’s longings. And as we journey into a true intimacy with God as women, He often brings those things back into our lives, to remind us He was there, to heal and restore things that were lost or stolen.

Every song you love, every memory you cherish, every moment that has moved you to tears has been given to you from the One who has been pursuing you from your first breath in order to win your heart. God’s version of flowers and chocolates and candlelight dinners comes in the form of sunsets and falling stars, moonlight on lakes and cricket symphonies; warm wind, swaying trees and lush gardens.

This romancing is immensely personal. It will be as if it has been scripted for your heart. He knows what takes your breath away, knows what makes you heart beat faster. We have missed many of His notes simply because we shut our hearts down in order to endure the pain of life. Now, in our healing journey as women, we must open our hearts again, and keep them open. Not foolishly, not to anyone and anything. But yes, we must choose to open our hearts again so that we might hear His whispers, receive Him as our Lover.

God had already proven His love for you. He had sent His only Son, Jesus, to die for you. He had rescued you. He had paid the highest price imaginable for you. He had given you all of creation to speak of His great glory and love, and He had given you His Word in all its depth and beauty. God delights in revealing Himself to those who will seek Him with all their hearts. He is an extravagant, abundant Lover, and He loves to reveal His heart to us again and again.

Would you like to receive an amazing gift from an intimate God? He has many for you and it comes in the form of blessings. Perhaps it would be good to ask, “Jesus, how are you romancing me now?”