Reflections on love

For many, love is just a word,

A passing phase, a brief emotion;

But love that honors Christ our Lord

Responds to Him with deep devotion. 

—Hess

Love is a choice and it represents a commitment.

There's no doubt about it, attraction is uncontrollable and arousal is uncontrollable.

But attraction and arousal are not love.

They can lead to love, but they are not love.

Love is a choice.

-- Rick Warren, Purpose Driven Life Devotional

When Jesus was asked to name the greatest command in the Law, He replied, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the first and great commandment” (Matt. 22:37-38). The questioner wanted to test Jesus, but the Lord answered him with the key element in pleasing God. First and foremost, our relationship with Him is a matter of the heart.

--David C. McCasland

When you're truly in love, you go to great lengths to be with the one you love. You'll drive for hours to be together, even if it's only for a short while. You don't mind staying up late to talk. Walking in the rain is romantic, not annoying. You'll willingly spend a small fortune on the one you're crazy about. When you are apart from each other, it's painful, even miserable. He or she is all you think about; you jump at any chance to be together.

--Francis Chan, Crazy Love

Love is not a place

To come and go as we please 

It's a house we enter in Then commit to never leave

--Warren Barfield

Between the dimples and the sun

4 chambers
Lost somewhere between the dimples

Afraid to move

Tired of standing still

Ready for new growth

Distrusting of possibilities

Excited for tomorrow

Insecure that the sun won't shine

Between the dimples and the sun

You are there

Please

Remain...

--Malika Johnson

Sweet

"You may not be her first, her last, or her only. 

She loved before she may love again. 

But if she loves you now, what else matters? 

She's not perfect - you aren't either, and the two of you may never be perfect together 

but if she can make you laugh, cause you to think twice, and admit to being human and making mistakes, hold onto her and give her the most you can. 

She may not be thinking about you every second of the day, 

but she will give you a part of her that she knows you can break - her heart. 

So don't hurt her, don't change her, don't analyze and don't expect more than she can give. 

Smile when she makes you happy, let her know when she makes you mad, 

and miss her when she's not there." 

--Bob Marley