I want you to take a minute and think about love.
Define it.
There's this quote i keep seeing.. "Falling in Love Only Takes About a Fifth of a Second."
One fifth of a second my butt.
That quote is all over. A few of my friends have been using it too.
Ive really thought about it and come to the conclusion that what really helps determine your feelings on that quote is your definition of love.
Girls drive me crazy...
they seem to confuse love and infatution.
"Oh love.. you know, its when you think someone is hot, and they can make you laugh, and you can trust them, and you want someone to make you not feel lonely."
Hold up, wait what? Really? Is that all? Because ive been raised to see it a little differently.
1st Corinthians 13:4-8
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails.
That is what the Bible says about love. That's what i've been taught. Ive been so loved in my life that i cant imagine seeing it any differently. Im so blinded by Gods love, and that makes it hard for me to see people reacting differently and seeing love as such a puny force or infatuation. Love is so much bigger, so much louder than that.
If you never realize how valued, accepted, and loved you are by your Father, you will constantly look for it from other people. You will constantly think and wonder why, “nobody loves me”, “my needs aren’t getting met”, “my parent’s don’t value me”, “nobody cares”, and on and on. You’ll pursue relationships for what you can get rather than what you can give. In fact, you won’t even give unless you are sure you can get it back. You’ll treat people based on how much they value you, rather than how much value you can give them. You’ll get your sense of significance from the opinion everybody around you so you end up laying down your life to please each opinion to the point where you no longer even have an identity because you’ve allowed 50 people to define you. And then you basically end up making people your “lord” because you’ve given your life to please them and cater to their opinions. That’s what happens when you allow people define your worth, when you allow a man’s voice to determine your significance… you’ll constantly live in fear as to whether you’ll be accepted or not. That’s what happens when you don’t know how already valued, accepted, and loved you are by your Father. You have to understand that He paid a price… and He believed that what He was buying was worth the price. He sees value in you, you are significant in His eyes, but if you don’t believe it, then you’ll always be craving the attention and approval from a boyfriend/girlfriend, from parents, from leaders, and you’ll never feel like you “measure up” unless you hear it from someone.
Stop searching for your acceptance and love and attention from a boyfriend or girlfriend.
Hear from God.
“You are my beloved. In YOU I am well pleased.”
Don’t believe the other lies.
Don’t sell yourself short.
Don’t base your worth on what others have said.
Don’t get your identity from your past failures or shortcomings.
You are not the summation of everyone else’s opinion.
You were made in the image of God, formed into a glorious creation, you are His masterpiece, He has called you to a royal priesthood.
The King of Kings has called YOU His temple.
You can boldly approach Him.
To believe any less is to believe a lie.
Do not let any opinion influence you more than the opinion of the one Who made you.
He loves you more than any man ever will. The only true real perfect love comes from God, so dont go searching for that acceptance and love from every boy that will give you an ounce of attention. Dont try and fill that need to be loved with boys who arent worth your time.. Your heart is Gods. Your heart is SACRED.
So ill ask again... define love.
Her life was beautiful from the outside,
but the inside was empty.
That emptiness was constantly being filled with more emptiness
in an attempt to fill the cracks.
The more it was filled the bigger the emptiness became,
until one day when love was finally found.
Not that puny infatuation stuff,
but real love.
Love that overcame all wrongs.
Love that saved.
The secret ingredient was love.
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