"Love does not consist of gazing at each other, but in looking together in the same direction." ~Antoine de Saint-Exupery
So much of the time we mistake passion for love. You understand what I am saying, for most of us, this has been true at some point in our lives. Passion CAN be driven by love, but comes out of our emotions and on occasion will lead us down the wrong path. Once we are hooked, that same passion will compel us to hang on tight because the road is gonna get bumpy. And none of us what to fail at anything, so we tell ourselves we are in this for life and there can be no way out. "That's life."
However, true love comes out of selflessness. Not selfishness. Our desire is to be all we can be for someone elses well-being. Just as Jesus gave us the perfect example of love by laying down his life for us, we too are to lay down our lives for each other. Esteem the other better than ourselves. And...like most things, this too can become twisted in our minds and we see it in such a way that God never intended.
If we are to be the best that God designed, two will become one, by "looking together in the same direction" and will keep harm, mental and physical, far from the door.
"Because of the Lord's great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness." Lamentations 3:22,23.
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