Keychain Love

When my oldest daughter returned from France recently she brought back the Eiffel Tower, on a key chain.

There are only two ways to make an Eiffel Tower key chain;
1) Find a very large key chain
2) Make a very small Eiffel Tower
My daughter went with option # 2.

It’s a cool key chain and a sweet gift but at that size it is more an Eiffel Miniature than an Eiffel Tower. Big things lose something when you put them on a key chain.

Love is a Big Thing, a really Big thing. It doesn’t really fit on a key chain. It doesn’t belong there.

What kind of love are you carrying?
If the love in your life is not constraining you from false comforts and harmful habits, it’s probably key chain love.
If your love is not compelling you into places that are uncomfortable, inconvenient and costly, it may be key chain love.
If you are not moving out of selfish behavior and into serving behavior, it might be key chain love.
If you are avoiding hard truths to keep everyone happy, to keep the peace even a “false peace”, it could be key chain love.
If you spend more time confronting than confessing
If you would rather win the argument than the relationship
If you think that Point of all discussions, is to make your Point
If you are  trying to build a platform with your abilities rather than a connection with your vulnerabilities
You might be living with some key chain Love.

I John 2 tells us that God is Love and you will not find Him at the end of a key chain.
Are we letting God grow our hearts bigger?
Are we praying for more love or are we shrinking our relationships to key chain size?
Our relationships want and need more than a “souvenir” with us.  Let’s break out the Big love, the Bold love, the Crazy Good Love. The kind that will never fit on a key chain!