It is interesting to think that there are people who are trying to connect physically with another person before connecting emotionally or even before loving the other person. Why is loving someone so difficult? Is it too difficult to get to know someone and to create a relationship, a friendship before moving on to the physical? I just wonder which will endure.
Some friendships endure for a lifetime and others come and go, but how do we love one another and how do we spread love if we avoid experiencing it, because it can hurt and your “heart can be broken”. In 1Corinthians 13:1-13 1Corinthians 13:1-13 (the Message) it states:
I'm bankrupt without love.
Love never gives up.
Love cares more for others than for self.
Love doesn't want what it doesn't have.
Love doesn't strut,
Doesn't have a swelled head,
Doesn't force itself on others,
Isn't always "me first,"
Doesn't fly off the handle,
Doesn't keep score of the sins of others,
Doesn't revel when others grovel,
Takes pleasure in the flowering of truth,
Puts up with anything,
Trusts God always,
Always looks for the best,
Never looks back,
But keeps going to the end.
There are so many phrases here that are about putting others before ourselves, the sense that love is selfless. As I read this I see that love is always cheering you on, cares for you more than anyone else. Love is humble, and puts others first, love is calm and forgiving. What do you think love is? How would you describe love?
Is there comfort in the quote, “God is Love”? Can you image a love like what is described in 1Corinthians 13:1-13?
What do you think of the statement “ love is it a secondary emotion”? Then what is the primary emotion?
I hope you take time to listen to these two songs and read the quote below:
God is Love by Lenny Kravitz (listen, lyrics)
What’s Love Got to Do with It by Tina Turner (listen, lyrics)
"Love is a temporary madness. It erupts like an earthquake and then subsides. And when it subsides you have to make a decision. You have to work out whether your roots have become so entwined together that it is inconceivable that you should ever part. Because this is what love is. Love is not breathlessness, it is not excitement, it is not the promulgation of promises of eternal passion. That is just being "in love" which any of us can convince ourselves we are. Love itself is what is left over when being in love has burned away, and this is both an art and a fortunate accident. Your mother and I had it, we had roots that grew towards each other underground, and when all the pretty blossom had fallen from our branches we found that we were one tree and not two." From the movie Captain Corelli’s Mandolin
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We had a great Skype conversation and raised some wonderful insights and questions. Why is being in a relationship so difficult and why are people seemingly avoiding face to face contact?
Upon sharing some of the ideas in the blog I had some people consider turning off their phones to have a face to face conversation with the person they are in relationship with. They noted that texting is not working as well as it once did.
Texting, may seem like a great way to communicate but often the tone and or the emotion behind a text may not come through.
I am very thankful to be celebrating my 20th wedding anniverssary this July. I met my husband in High School and we were friends first. The relationship came first, and it has worked out well for us. When life challenged us we turned toward each other and worked together to get through tough times and we turn toward each other to celebrate the joys in our lives.
Just some more food for thought.
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