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It’s funny how looks hardly affect me anymore as far as attraction. At least not at first. I mean, sure, I’ll see a guy and think, well, he’s cute, but I don’t often feel the need to oggle over him and desire to date him. I guess I’d consider looks the cherry on top of the big yummy hot fudge sunday. I mean if he’s got smarts, wits, and an unabashed love and desire to live in Christ then what more could I ask for? Especially with that Christ-love, everything follows. Automatically any fears of him using me, leaving me, or hurting me (intentionally) are reduced to slim to none.

That’s something I believe every one of us deserves. Why should we be so accustomed to getting hurt? I know the same old excuses; I’ve used them too. “No regrets” and “The experience will make me stronger”.. stronger in preparation for what? The next batch of hurt? So that I feel more numb to it next time? “The experience will make me who I am.” And what kind of person is that? The person who knows not to put up with it next time? Why should we even have to experience that hurt and frustration in the first place?

It’s important to me that God is at the top of the relationship priority list for us both. I’ll explain my list briefly: Him, him, me. Yeah, as crazy as it sounds, I put my love’s happiness before mine. Because the thing is, it’s something God would have me do. The thing is, it’s not about me… it never was. I would give anything for him. The best part is, in doing so, I still feel happy and secure. Because his priorities are exactly the same way.

I’ve realized that the reason why so many of us experience hurt in relationships is because we always put ourselves first. And if we always put ourselves first and never trust in the other person, we find silly, shallow reasons to give up or get angry or leave if the other person doesn’t meet our expectations. Of course every relationship is a give and take. But if both partners focus more on the giving rather than the taking, we find that we receive more than we could ever hope for. That’s what commitment should be.

I will always adore this verse, which applies to any kind of relationship: between man and wife, family, friends…

1 Corinthians 13:4-7

Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud or rude. Love does not demand its own way. Love is not irritable, and it keeps no record of when it has been wronged. It is never glad about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out. Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance.

(I need to keep referring back to this!)

thefirstlight:

I want a grown relationship. One with depth, not just silly puppy love.

I want the kind of relationship that when we go to a party/gettogether that people are envious of us. They want what we have even when we don’t say anything. Just the way we SIT beside each other should be different.

I know this takes time, I do. And by grown, I don’t mean a lack of humor or fun. Trust me, that will be present. But the kind of relationship that has sophistication for miles when necessary.

Some couples I see these days get on my nerves with their shallowness. It’s entirely apparent that they’ve never been through anything together. You can tell that their love has never been tested.  put to the fire.

You know how you can just tell, especially with older couples, that their love is different?  It’s special. The way they look into each others eyes, the tone of their voice, everything. It’s different because it’s lasted.

Even couples my age fall into this trap of shallowness.  It’s difficult, I know. It’s difficult for us to take a step back and evaluate things as they’re happening. But, if you don’t do this, you’re in a shallow/weak relationship before you know it with no easily accessible way out.

Love is not a feeling; it’s a commitment. I want the kind of love that isn’t perfect. The kind of love that has scars, burn marks and dried up tears. And with the perseverance of this love, it becomes perfect.

The very presence of this perseverance will overshadow and eliminate any past scars and burns. The past doesn’t matter; Only your future together does.

I’m not asking for trials, mind you. But if that’s what it takes to make love as perfect as it can be, I’ll take it.

hoppipoppi:

thank you God for making stars.

When I consider your heavens,
the work of your fingers,
the moon and the stars,
which you have set in place,

what is man that you are mindful of him,
the son of man that you care for him?

[psalm 80:3-4]

but You do care for us. You planned each of us before the beginning of time, You loved each of us before the beginning of time, knowing that we would make mistakes and do really really bad things. You loved us so much that You sent Jesus, Your Son, the most perfect, gentle, lovely man that ever existed to the most horrible death, to take the unimaginably horrible punishment for those stupid, arrogant, nasty things that we do. so that we could spend forever in love with You.

God cares for us more than He cares for those beautiful stars, because He thinks and knows that you are more beautiful than those stars. He is madly in love with you, and He wants you to be madly in love with Him too and take His gift of Jesus.

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The ones that love us never really leave us. You can always find them.. in here.

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