PAPER DOLL

         Well, time passes on and many do not remember when we played with paper dolls because few could afford the real dolls. We cut out their clothes which had little tabs on the dresses and folded under the tabs,  connecting them to the paper doll. When we got one that could stand up on it’s own, that was special. We even went to catalogues like Sears Roebuck, or even newspapers, and cut out pictures and make our own paper clothes.
         Probably somewhere around this time, the song ♫Paper Doll♫ became popular. The time came later in life when I would see myself as a

PAPER DOLL

♫ I’m going to buy a paper doll
That I can call my own.
A doll that other fellows
Cannot steal.

Then those flirty, flirty guys,
With their flirty, flirty eyes,
Will have to flirt with dollies  
That are real.

When I come home at night,
She will be waiting.
She’ll be the truest doll
In all the world.

Then those flirty, flirty guys,
With their flirty, flirty eyes,
Will have to flirt with dollies
That are real.♫

         Over forty years I have written so many paper doll letters to my husband, that I can’t begin to count them in number. Some I mailed; many I did not. 
I often signed them, “Your Paper Doll.”
         Once again, I can relate to God through this experience. I can understand God’s love better now than what is seen on the surface…what natural man sees as love.
         God’s Love is deeper and wider and stronger than any ocean. It cannot be measured. It cannot fully be understood until we meet Him in the sky. Like an earthly couple, there is only a season that we will be apart, as we walk this earth walk. But our hope remains steadfast, that one day He is coming to take us Home with Him. So we wait in expectancy. He will Return! He Promised!

Paper Doll Love Letters

         Back to the Paper Doll Letters and how I relate my love for my husband to God’s love for His Bride…His people…His…children…His church. I often signed my letters to my husband as “Your Paper Doll.”
         The world may say I am crazy for loving this earth man so much. I wonder if the world is saying the same about God who loves us so much. We, who are so imperfect in each others’ eyes, judging by outer appearances and actions, rather than looking at each others’ hearts.
         God loves us so much He sent His Word, (Jesus and the Bible), FULL of His Love Letters to us.
         There was a time that I knew my earth husband would throw my love letters away without opening them. Do many people do the same with God’s Word?
         Many of my Paper Doll letters convicted my earth husband and made him feel guilty when I was trying to show him how God’s way would make us both happier. What I meant for good, he took as evil. My love letters, like many of God’s, were misunderstood because the recipient did not understand the Great Love God had for him.
         Many of the Paper Doll letter, I confess, were quite “needy”, which is something we try to avoid in the natural. I needed his love, approval, trust, and acceptance. I desired it more than anything on earth…next to God.
         Does God ever humble Himself enough to “beg” for our love? I know you don’t like that word if you have any “religion” left in you by now. The word “plead” for our love, just does not have the same depth as “beg” when we are desiring mercy.  And asking for something we are so longing for that it nearly consumes us.
         I believe Jesus is begging for His Bride to come to Him. One way is through the Holy Spirit who woos her and shows her the emptiness in her life. As she searches the world for what that emptiness is…through prayers of those who love her, I believe the Holy Spirit will open her eyes and she will receive her One True Love.
         Well, you can see many other examples. Specifically, that God has never been ashamed of His love for us. Neither were/are His prophets. He sent forth His Word (Love Letters) in writing. His Precious Word.
         The Paper Doll has a happy ending because she becomes REAL for those who cherish God’s Love Letters. When they Believe that God loves them no matter what. When they understand that He couldn’t help Himself; He just had to write a love letter (the Bible) and tell His Bride how very much He loves her. He couldn’t stop Himself because He Is Love.
         This is just one example of God’s Love for us and a way for Him to reveal His Love. Let’s take advantage of the lesson. 
         I can’t help but wonder is someone who hasn’t loved “Deeply Enough to Hurt”…has ever experienced True Love.

REMEMBER THE CROSS╬ 
It Hurt A Lot!