this life is a journey.

"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." --st. augustine.

i have found that although being IN love is wonderful, love is much more beautiful. why? because of this quote. because when you love someone, you make a choice. its not a feeling. loving someone takes so much more of you than being in love. loving someone proves that we were created by someone so much bigger than us, because loving someone is one the hardest things to do. it can be painful, discouraging, scary, worrisome, dangerous,.. should i continue? you get my point. and i make love sound horrible. its not. its wonderful too, but its not perfect. it cant be. only one kind of love is, and thats the Father's. and because of His love, we can love. do you know how painful it is for Him to love us? all the things we do to hurt Him everyday, are all the same things that happen in everyday love except He reciprocates with just the opposite of human fleshly love.

love is a temporary madness. because once the temporary part is done, our flesh can no longer be in front. being IN love is our flesh, and as wonderful as it is, its not us choosing or working for anything. love that is easy, is not love.

because love isnt supposed to easy, but it is worth it. God promised us that.