WHAT’S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT?

WINSDAY WISDOM 218

What’s love got to do, got to do with it?
What’s love, but a second-hand emotion?
What’s love got to do, got to do with it?
Who needs a heart when a heart can be broken?

(What’s Love Got to Do with It?   —Sung by Tina Turner, written by Terry Britten and Graham Lyle)                                                                                            

The hit song by Tina Turner topped the charts and became the theme song for her biopic documentary. Her recent death has revitalized interest in this tune and her famous versions of The Best and Proud Mary. My friend, Kay Johnson, suggested the use of this title for a future WINSDAY.

What’s love got to do with it? In Tina Turner’s song, nothing. Love is an unwanted second-hand emotion which can only lead to a broken heart. Many people agree with her cynicism. Tina experienced an abusive relationship with Ike before she found solace in Switzerland.

I think most people hope love will fill their void in life.

“Do you love me?” is probably the most asked question in relationships.

The hope and thrill of love revives the heart and changes our outlook on life. Love has everything to do with life now and forever. Love keeps us together now and forever.

As Captain & Tennille sang,

Just stop!
Cause I really love you
Stop, I’ll be thinking of you
Look in my heart
And let love keep us together

(Love Will Keep Us Together, sung by Captain & Tennille, written by Neil Sedaka)

The greatest news is God’s Love for us. Unconditional. Unlimited. Unending.

All of God’s World and all of God’s Word shout for us to “STOP, LOOK, and LISTEN to God’s heart…always thinking of us…always holding us together.”

GOD LOVES YOU FIRST AND MOST.

GOD’S LOVE FOR YOU STARTED BEFORE THE BEGINNING OF TIME AND CONTINUES THROUGHOUT THE ENDLESS AGES.

God created you. What’s Love Got to Do with It? EVERYTHING!

God saved you. What’s Love Got to Do with It? EVERYTHING!

God adopted you. What’s Love Got to Do with It? EVERYTHING!

God sustains you. What’s Love Got to Do with It? EVERYTHING!

God has given you every spiritual blessing and has promised to provide every genuine need you have in this life. What’s Love Got to Do with It? EVERYTHING!

God has prepared a place for you in a heavenly home filled with the highest honor, harmony, and happines…forever. What’s Love Got to Do with It? EVERYTHING!

In the meantime, God will work all things out for your ultimate good. All things. What’s Love Got to Do with It? EVERYTHING!

“God works all things according to the counsel of His will” (#1 Textbook).

What’s included in all these things? “All things” means all things! Everything!

All the majestic big plans of God. Every star in every galaxy in the humanly immeasurable universe has been named and numbered. All the miniscule parts of those intricate plans. Every tiny sparrow, each hair on your head, and every part of your DNA are named and numbered.

You can be sure that there are no “maverick molecules” in this universe!

What’s Love Got to Do with It? EVERYTHING!

Love is much more than a second-hand emotion. Every thrill and every heartbreak find its source in love.

The fear of being unloved or losing love pervades our emotions. Each week carries news of another failed relationship. More importantly, each week records the earthly loss of someone’s loved one.

Hearts are broken. What’s Love Got to Do with it? Everything. Loving someone unites your heart to their heart. It cannot be undone without pain and scars. It cannot end without tears and emotional emptiness.

There is a legitimate threat of assimilation to our culture’s self-centered misuse of love and a danger of annihilation by our culture’s skepticism and rejection of godly love.

LOVE MATTERS! It makes the world go around. It makes life worth living, even when you lose a loved one. Love lasts longer than this earthly life. No expression of true love is ever wasted. Every thought, every word, every act of true love leaves a lasting impact.

What’s Love Got to Do with It? Express love according to God’s definition: giving up yourself for the welfare of the one loved.

God’s love always loves first and loves most. Our imitation of that same love necessitates (1) purpose, (2) direction, and (3) progress. Never forget the importance of loving first and loving most.

When the music fades and your heart is broken, God’s love will still be rollin’. That thrill will last forever, just like the big old paddlewheel riverboat, Proud Mary.

So, get up from your chair, and let’s get rollin’!

Rollin’, rollin’, rollin’

Left a good job in the city
Workin’ for the man ev’ry night and day
And I never lost one minute of sleepin’
Worryin’ ’bout the way things might have been

Big wheel keep on turnin’
Proud Mary keep on burnin’
Rollin’, rollin’, rollin’ on the river 

—(Proud Mary, sung byCreedence Clearwater Revival, covered by Tina Turner, written by John Fogerty)