love

there have been a lot of things (weddings, first dates, etc) that have been making me think about love. as in, its been on my mind constantly for the past month or so. so here are some of my thoughts

i'll be the first to say that i'm not a romantic person. at all. i mean, the whole romance, prince charming, fairy tale thing is sweet but i don't spend my days watching Pride and Prejudice and waiting for my Mr. Darcy to come.

but love is a different story. love and romance are very, very, extremely different subjects. romance is butterflies in your tummy, heart skipping a beat, watching Channing Tatum movies every night.

love is a commitment. it's promising that you'll stick with someone even on those days when they're being a jerk. even if they betray you. it's not giving up on someone because of their mistakes that have hurt both of you. love is forgiveness. it's is celebrating the good but accepting the bad. it's giving everything a expecting nothing. that's why it's so hard to genuinely love someone.

it hurts when someone throws away a relationship or friendship. you want to shun them or say awful things to them. you really want to yell at them so they know how much they hurt you and then beg them to be your friend again. but if you truly love them, the only thing you can do is be there for them. and it sucks. but thats all you can do. and it helps.





a passage of the Bible that i go to whenever i feel like love is far away is in Genesis. the part when God had created Adam and made him supreme ruler of the world only under God Himself which is a pretty sweet deal, right? but God knew Adam's life wasn't complete. not yet. so He made another person from Adam and for Adam. Eve. here's my favorite part, when Adam saw Eve for the first time the first words to come out of his mouth were "At last!"
even Adam had to wait (who knows how long) for love to come to him, but God was faithful and provided him with the perfect person. even though Adam had to wait, he knew as soon as he saw her that she was worth the wait. and i'm personally excited to meet the extraordinary person that will make all of my waiting worth it :)