Many lovers hope that when love hits the rocks, things will somehow go back to where they’ve been. As the song goes:“If there’s no way to convince you to stay and be the way we used to be.”

Sadly in that hope they misunderstand human love. Because by design humans are not meant to fixate in time, and certainly not when it comes to relationships. No matter how beautiful a relationship stage is,  people have to move on.

So when one hurts or offends the beloved, somehow the effort goes in trying to erase the mistake and force things to go back to the time before the mistake. But no snopake exists in love. There’s a way out though- it’s called level two, like in the video games.

No one crosses the same river twice. Change is a fact of life. The only way you can benefit from change is to deliberately direct it into progress.

But do not expect to stand still. For standing still is the sure way to fall.

Why? Because there is only one point on which to truly stand, and an infinite number of points in which to fall. So prepare to fall, by walking, which scientists describe as a controlled falling. Which makes running- controlled falling faster.

If you notice, the beauty of a kiss is motion, not fixation in a certain lip lock (which if you can imagine it looks morbid after a while). Constantly making sure that your mutual encounter pleases the beloved so, and this pleasure is guaranteed only in constant motion.

When someone promises “I will be here,” nothing about it is static.

That guarantee is made in the midst of the dynamic movement of the universe which from my end I will have to nagivate, orchestrate, negotiate with, even struggle with,

In the midst of cel phone calls, client demands, civic duties, disease, conflicting commitments, other enticements, in order to make sure that I will be beside you.

That will require from me courage, perspective, character and resolve, faith and humility, and creativity. Each of which is as static as 20,000 volts of electricity.

But try standing still in the midst of a rushing current, that’s where true dynamism comes from.

Which brings us to God. The Great I Am. The same yesterday, today, and forever. Does that description sound static to you? Ok I admit, this is probably where they thought God is static, which to kids reads boring.

But this God creates a universe that never stands still, and this universe is his IMAGO. Just don’t mistake activity with dynamism. Activity is merely burning rubber. Dynamism is growth. Activity is passing the time. Dynamism is becoming.

And I tell you, you can stand still in the midst of life’s confusing currents, if like a boat, you are securely anchored still. In HIM.