We were watching the hit drama Once Upon a Time last night and as I watched the evil queen and her attempt to connect romantically with the prince who rejects her. The emotions she felt brought to life how much each of us just wants to be loved. They had already shown a part of the evil queen's past in a previous episode so you know why she ends up full of hatred toward Snow White and you know she wasn't always evil. She wanted love, had love and it was taken from her. Love hurts without a doubt. That hurt can lead us down the wrong road away from God. I can't even imagine the kind of hurt God felt as his only son Jesus was dying on the cross. He could have saved him but his love for us was so unimaginably great that he endured the pain and hurt of watching his only son die so that we could be washed free of our sins and be able to be with God forever. So, take the lesson of the evil queen and remember that when love hurts we need to turn closer to God who loves us in ways no one else can.
1 John 4:9-10 This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.
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