What follows is an exerpt from a piece of phenomenal prose: "Blue Like Jazz" by Donald Miller. He writes about the love of God...
We dream of Christ's love for His bride reading like Romeo and Juliet; two equals enflamed in liberal love. I think it is more like Lucentio's pursuit of Bianca in The Taming of the Shrews. That is, the groom endearing the belligerant bride with kindness, patience, and love.
Our "behavior" will not be changed long with self-discipline, but fall in love and a human will accomplish what he never thought possible. The laziest of men will swim the English channel to win his woman. I think what Rick said is worth repeating that by accepting God's love for us, we fall in love with Him, and only then do we have the fuel we need to obey.
In exchange for our humility and willingness to accept the clarity of God, we are given a kingdom. And a beggar's kingdom is better than a proud man's delusion (p. 86).
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