If you have watched Korean romantic dramas, you must be familiar with love triangles. You must also be familiar with the second lead who often offers full support and devotion to the main character but fails to end up with him or with her in the end.
Many times, viewers of said dramas feel more attached to this second lead. If this character is a man, many female viewers may even root more for him than for the male lead. They would also feel that it’s unjust for such a man who is quite capable of loving wholeheartedly and unselfishly to end up not getting the girl.
Some would argue that it’s because of destiny. Some may think it all boils down to the personal preference of the female lead. She loves the male lead, and she decides to choose him even if he could never prove to be better than the second lead. She loves him even if he has hurt her so much already.
Thinking about it, I guess I could agree with the latter reason. Sometimes, we already see who loves us and cares for us more. We also see who isn’t concerned very much about our good, but for some unidentifiable reason, we keep on sticking around with them.
We then let go of those who are more worthy. We let go of those who are willing to lay down even their own lives for our sake.
In a way, are we not reminded of the way we often treat Jesus? Though He had always been there for us, and though He gives us everything we could ever need, we still prefer other things and other people over Him. We make Him into that second lead who fails to win his lady’s heart. The One who has not been chosen. The One who wasn’t loved the way that He deserved to be loved.
The thing about hope is that it’s a positive force that shines the most when it’s dark. When everything’s going well, we hardly notice it’s there. But when things go against us, when our dreams fade and when we see no immediate reprieve from our troubles, that’s when hope does its best work for us.
"Where Hope Can Be Found"