Do you remember love

I was hoping to get this post done by valentine's day, but I am like two weeks behind, oh well.

I finished recently an anime move series from Macross Frontier. Macross is a fairly famous anime series from a long time, probably not as big as Gundam, but still big. It is usually involves three things: battle aircrafts, excellent music, and a love triangle. The latest series Frontier has the best music soundtrack from the anime I have watched. The basic premise is that through cool aircrafts and crazy good music, humans can beat aliens. Yeah, not bad eh? Actually many of these songs resound in my head once in a while.

The theme song "Do you remember love" is from an older Macross series from the 80s, and I watched it when I was a little kid so it brings back good memories.

There is an episode from Frontier when some of the characters were exploring an abandoned spaceship, and they found a picture of a mom carrying her baby (ok, I don't remember the scene very well so I might be making up certain things). And at that moment the characters mentioned how humans always pursue love by forming a family, raising offspring, seeking their well-being and protection.

Though that seems basic, I enjoyed that scene. Because it made me think of how humans are. Statistically, most people will get married, form a family, and have kids. But where does this idea of marriage and building family came from? Some can argue that there is a natural desire to ensure the survival of the species, but I doubt that idea is in the mind of most people when they pursue their significant other. It really comes down to love. It is natural for a human being to want to be loved, and to want to love. After marriage, the result of this union of love will bring offspring who will receive great love from the parents who want the best for them. And this "cycle" continues. (Obviously, I am omitting the damages that sin can cause like abusive spouse, abusive parents, etc).

When I think of tracing back the root of why humans love, it is hard to say that this is a product of evolution (which is more about the survival of the fittest). And I believe that the origin of love is found in what I believe is the Creator of his universe and the maker of mankind. This God has existed before time, and has been experiencing immeasurable love (hence 1 John 4 talks about "God is love"), and He has made us in his own image (Genesis 1).  1 John also says that we love, because God loves us first. It is amazing that we want to love because God has made us like this, to reflect His glory.

So yeah, that's one reason why I think that marriage is one of the best ways to glorify God the most because the spouse's love for another get refined more and more, becoming more self-less, enduring through the the struggles of having two sinners together, and the result is a better version of love each day that will bring God more glory.