Love

This is a very random post, but something that Darren and I were discussing this morning, and I feel very strongly about.

I have always felt that Love is a choice or a commitment versus a feeling. I think the "feeling" that people commonly associate with "love" is merely infatuation, which is why so many people "fall out of love" with each other. I think our society is so hung up on "feeling good" that once that infatuation wears off, they go in search of that good feeling again, which is why so many marriages and relationships fail these days. I mean, you're obviously not going to feel "butterflies" for someone forever; eventually that feeling is going to lessen, or more likely, go away altogether. I don't think that means that you no longer "love" that person, just that the newness of the relationship has worn off, which is why it is so important to have more in common with someone than a superficial physical attraction. Love IS a choice, and it IS a commitment, one that you continue to make every single day of your life.

My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth. 1 John 3:18