Better Than the Real Thing

Saying God's love is better than a wife's love doesn't diminish marriage. It frees marriage from the need to provide something that it will never be able to provide. It frees a spouse from carrying the burden of sustaining life. It frees the marriage to laugh at failure, have joy bigger than the relationship and minister to a world from a place of security...not the insecurity of a strained and desperate situation.

Saying God's love is better than a child's love doesn't diminish parenthood. It frees a dad to always point his children to their Father. It frees a child from crazy expectations (when we dad's remember this Truth). It frees a dad to hold his kids loosely and keep in mind his role as a temporary care-taker.

Saying God's love is better than this life doesn't diminish this life. It allows this life to make sense. It keeps me sane when the world is insane. It allows us to love people despite their failure. It allows us to fail without losing hope. It allows us to die.