I have been pondering this for awhile now-and am still in the process of figuring out what love is. But, I suppose to start off with the basics, there are many different types of love. There is infatuation, romantic love, puppy love, maternal love, conditional love, and any other thing you could think of under the sun. The kind I always tend to try to figure out is the kind of love between a boy and a girl. I always get stuck on so many questions related to this subject. So, let's break it down.-
Love by definition is a great attachment to and affection for, a passionate desire and longing for. And as for what the Bible has to say about it is this: 1 Corinthians 13:4-8 " Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices in truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails..."
And with this I leave myself to think. If love never fails- why are there so many homes broken each year. Why is it that when a man and a woman vow before God that they love each other so profoundly and will remain faithful until they enter into heaven, that they think it is okay to throw the towel in when life gets hard? If Jesus would have thrown the towel in when temptation was too strong, when the weight of our sin was too much to bear, we wouldn't get to spend an eternity with God. It makes my heart saddened that love has been so distorted and slewed from it's original intent. Just because your finances aren't going the way they should, just because you've gotten "too comfortable", just because, because, because. .. The truth is that the reason marriages fail, the reasons families are split, the reason kids hearts are torn, is because of pride, because of jealousy, because of lust, because of sin. Because people fail to place God at the head of their home. When times get hard pray together, when times are good give thanks together. When you keep your eyes focused on His plan, everything else will fall into place.
Real love is choosing to love someone when life is smooth sailing and joyous. It's loving someone when life couldn't get worse, when something earth shattering hits you so hard you can't stand, and taking that circumstance to the foot of the cross daily TOGETHER. Loving someone is a commitment-it's not just because there skin is smooth, their hair is gorgeous and they are in shape. All looks will fade and what you are left with is the person inside. I want to be able to get married someday and start a trend of long lasting marriages and break the curse of divorce in my family. I can only do that with the strength of God and a man of God by my side. And until I find him, I will focus on being the kind of women God has intended me to be.
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