it doesn't feel like service when you're in love

this is an entry copy and pasted from my xanga 4/7/09 entry... just wanted to reflect upon it again.

when you are in love with someone, you are willing to do anything for that person. i'm not saying that i've ever been in love or i've never been in love, but they say people are "crazy" in love for a reason; because people in love tend to do ridiculous things sometimes.
when you are in love with someone, you don't care about going the extra mile or two for them.
you don't mind serving them because it makes YOU happy.
you are so happy to give whatever you can to that person, because you are so in love with that person... and for once,

serving doesn't feel like a burden...

and even if you've never been in love, maybe you've thought, "man, i'd do ANYTHING for her...," even if you're referring to a pop star or actress. it just shows how much this being-in-love thing can really change the way we live.

it only makes sense now, to question whether we really are in love with God.
am i so in love with God that what i do doesn't feel like "service"? is my love for him so real, that i'm willing to do whatever for Him- and all this out of my own will and because i want to? because i love Him so much?

and so when we compare this with our service toward the church, man... it shouldn't even feel like we are really "serving" in a sense. if we truly love the church then naturally everything we do will be overflowing from the love for the church in our hearts. and you can never serve the church enough.

i don't do francis chan justice in this message, but yeah... that line just made me step back for a moment. "it doesn't feel like service when you're in love."