True love is not about the feeling you get inside when you "fall in love with someone at first sight." Love is not what all the movies say it is. The Bible says:
"Love is patient. Love is kind. Love is not jealous. It does not sing its own praises. It is not arrogant. It is not rude. It doesn't think about itself. It is not irritable. It doesn't keep track of wrongs. It is not happy when injustice is done, but it is happy with the truth. Love never stops being patient, never stops believing, never stops hoping, never gives up. Love never comes to an end..."
- 1 Corinthians 13:4-8
Love cares about people. It is self sacrificing. Love is not a feeling, it is the action of an obedient heart. Loving someone means you obey them, care for them, and not do wrong toward them. Its not always easy. Jesus' love was so very true and self sacrificing. It was so self sacrificing that he gave his life for the ones he chose. That is true love and how beautiful it is! He set the best example. We must love our siblings and parents.We must obey our parents cheerfully. And we must sacrifice our daily activities so we can do things with our siblings that we don't usually do. These things are things that show love.
True love also keeps the one you are dating pure. If you save your kiss for after your marriage than the temptation to lust deeper will not be so great. If you really love someone than you will protect him/her from the lust which satan wants you to fall into. He will use anything he can to take you farther from God. Protecting each other from each other is one of the greatest ways to show your love. Some people think you must "know" a person before you marry them. Others say they could no longer wait to show their "love" for each other so they kissed and fell into deeper sin. The love they are talking about is not love, it is lust.If you love someone so much that you feel you should show you love them then you can show your love by protecting yourself and the woman / man you are with not fall into deeper sin. Satan loves to say its time to show her your "love" to her/ him but what he is really telling you to do is sin. With God's help you can resist satan. You should always have someone with you to help keep you from sin. Protect the one you are with. Show them your love by protecting their purity. You can always love someone without falling into lust. Christ covers a multitude of sins and he will help you to resist temptations.
God be with you forever and ever.
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