God's Loving Promise
by Krystal Meyers
I love romantic movies. I think every girl loves to see a fairy tale and just dream about love. Every romantic movie seems to touch my heart in a different way. I really can't help but get sucked in by them. You know, everyday life can become so monotonous and difficult. It's so refreshing to escape, just for two hours, into a movie with an amazing and incredible story about love.There might be more to why I love these movies too. The Nov/Dec Ignite Your Faith story "True Love" reminded me how much romantic movies always have this unique way of showing God's love for each and everyone of us.My favorite romantic movie is The Notebook. There are so many amazing elements to it. My favorite scene is when Noah (Ryan Gosling) and Allie (Rachel McAdams) are in a canoe. It starts to storm. There, the two of them finally kiss. He tells her their love is still not over. This amazing scene always reminds me that love is a fight and you have to constantly be in pursuit of it. In fact, that's the whole theme of the movie.
Throughout the entire movie, Noah is constantly in pursuit of the woman he loves. Who doesn't want that? It's a great picture of what love really means. The film teaches you to be selfless in love. It also shows that when you are truly in love with someone, you will do anything for that person. This so describes God's love for us. He's constantly in pursuit of us just like in The Notebook. He loves us and wants to bless us.
Through all the situations of life, God will always keep his promises. No matter the heartache and trials we face, he is always there. An example of this kind of love can again be found in The Notebook. Noah made a promise to Allie that he would build her white dream house with blue shutters and a wrap-around porch. Even when they were no longer together and she had moved away, he made it his mission to build that for her. He kept his promise.
What a great reminder of how even if we go astray, God will always keep his promises to us. He loves us that much!
Copyright © 2006 by the author or Christianity Today International/Ignite Your Faith magazine.