{Bumfuzzlement}

There are some moments (well, a lot of moments) that I become completely bumfuzzled about something that God shows me. Today was one of those days. I was reading in 1 Peter and I came across verse 8 in chapter 1.

"Though you have not seen Him, you love Him. Though you do not now see Him, you believe in Him and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory."

At first, that verse did not really make me think twice. There are similar phrases to that in other passages throughout scripture:

"No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and His love is made complete in us." [1 John 4:12, ESV]

"...For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen." [1 John 4:20, ESV]

However, I thought about it for a few minutes and my thoughts began to jumble. The majority of the world, myself included, thinks of the physical stuff when they think of love. Yes, they might think of good conversation, plenty of laughter, or someone who thinks similarly, but ultimately the physical crosses the mind. A long hug, holding hands, kissing, and sex. It's natural, and it's part of what earthly love and the relationship of marriage means, but God never mentions the physical in regards to His loving us. In fact there are several verses, as I've pointed out, that remind us that we cannot even see God, much less touch Him. The only physical act of love that Christ did for us what His death on the cross. Yet in regards to the physical between human beings there is a ton in the Bible. Hosea, Song of Solomon, Paul's talk about marriage in 1 Corinthians 7, and there are a number more. Sexual immorality is discussed as a major sin throughout the New Testament, and it is surely a major sin today as well. Why then, if God knew that it was going to be such a temptation and means of sinfulness did He create the physical aspect of love for us as humans? God is perfect love and we do not have that means of physical contact with Him. Why then do we have it in our earthly love relationships? I do not have the answer. That is why my thoughts are so jumbled. It hit me as one of those things I will never truly understand until I see God face to face.