"John 15:13 says that Jesus, on the cross, demonstrated the greatest love ever known--laying down his life for his friends--but for every movie made about that kind of sacrificial act of love, thousands more extol romantic love. The fact is, our culture idolizes romantic love and looks teary-eyed at the meeting of "soul mates," and it yawns at Christ's work on the cross. May God save us from this idolatry! As wonderful as romantic love may be, it should never compete in my heart with Jesus' work of redemption where my deepest needs were fully met. Any other love--including every kind every portrayed by Tom Cruise or Julia Roberts--is a far lesser love; it's an inferior love, the value of which assumes meaning only because of Jesus' preeminent love."
Gary Thomas, Devotions for a Sacred Marriage
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