The Beginnings of a Love Affair

I've only recently begun studying the Bible in earnest. Before coming to college, I wasn't much of a Jesus-lover, even though I was a professing Christian and attended church regularly (I even served on worship team, prayer team, went on short - term missions, all that jazz). I didn't really know the reason why I did all this; I just knew I was supposed to.

So this is me saying that I wanna get to know God. I want to spend time with him, learn about his favorite color and movies, his pet peeves; just like any other romance, I want to fall in love with Him, forge a DEEP relationship with Him. What point is there to praising God if I don't know WHY I'm praising Him? What point is there to serving if it's just to make myself feel like I did something good? What point is there to profess myself as a practicing Christian if I have no foundations to keep me standing tall when the storms come?

Romans 15:4 says, "For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through the endurance taught in the Scripture and the encouragement they provide we might have hope." I pray that I might be taught so that I might be able to share my learnings with you, and that this would be the beginning of a love affair that will last for all of eternity.

Joe Mak