A Great Love Story

What if you had grown up never reading of the literary love story of Romeo and Juliet and then, a friend introduces you to the Shakespearean play? Would your life have been changed forever?

What if you had grown up never knowing about the greatest love for mankind and, then, a trusted mentor wrote a letter detailing the events surrounding that great love? What if it did change your life forever?

The New Testament book of Luke was authored by its namesake to a new believer named Theophilus to strengthen his faith and give more knowledge of the life of Jesus Christ. This book was from Luke's personal and actual life as a doctor who hung out with Jesus. But, what if he had never written these accounts for Theo and ultimately for us to read centuries, later? Would we have known or even searched for this great and sacrificial love on our own? Would we have tried to fill the God-sized emptiness in our hearts with other things?

One thing is for certain, Christ was real and was on a mission of love for redeeming relationships to God our living and loving Heavenly Father. Through the sacrificial act of His great love, it became possible for God and man to walk and talk, together, again. Jesus was asked by the guys who walked with him to teach them how to pray to God. He did and, then, told a story on the subject of prayer which included the following verse:

"I tell you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened" (Luke 11:9-10).

If you've never heard or read the story of Jesus as told through the eyes of Luke, you'll find details which capture Christ's love for a world in need of a great love ...still relevant for today. One thing is promised, your life will be changed forever.

~ "Sam"