Philippians 1:9-11, New International Version

And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless until the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ—to the glory and praise of God.

I was moved deeply by several things that were shared at small group last night. As you know from earlier posts this week, we had a discussion on the Trinity. At the end of the night, when asked why it's important to understand more of Who God is, one of the girls (Ali) said something so beautiful and profound... it made me cry because it was so true and just what my heart was feeling but I couldn't express it in words.

Ali said that it's important to know more about God and His three persons because it helps us love Him more. It's like when you're in a relationship - you "like" this person and want to know more about him/her. As you do in any good relationship, the more you learn about your significant other, the more you begin to love him/her more. Now imagine that you know this person inside and out - you're in love - and then you meet his/her family and, wow, your heart swells with even more love than you thought! As you hear stories from their childhood, meet their family, look at old photos, watch home videos - you're discovering more and more about this person and finding new things to love and even reaching a deeper level of understanding than you thought existed.

I'm not saying that your significant other should be like a god - please don't misunderstand me - I just think that this is a beautiful description of what it's like when you search for more of God. You find more about God to love! You thought you knew Him, but then you learn something new and you fall in love all over again.

And, just like these verses Paul wrote in Philippians - this is my prayer for you today. That you may depth of knowledge and insight about the Lord would increase and your love for Him would abound. And that this process would continue in your life, to God's glory, until we're at Home with Him forever!