So I'm over my PMS/Menstrual rage and I've run across some notes I jotted down a few weeks ago. I tend to get thoughts and inspiration in waves. In this case, they came to me while driving to lunch with my honey. I was thinking about how much different and special this relationship is in comparison to anything I had previously. There were so many things that I now have that I did not before and the irony is, I didn't even know what I was missing. Here's what those messy "driving while writing" notes said:
Love endures.
Love allows for mistakes. (And, as it turns out, cranky days when your hormones are uncontrollable.)
BUT love does not cause damage.
Love means accepting a person just as they are but refusing to accept inappropriate behavior.
Love is holding someone accountable to do what's right according to God.
Love is an intimacy, another gift, that is given by God and we must handle it with care, just as our salvation.
Beyond falling in love, when our brains go all wonky, it is a choice to love someone. It is a promise and it takes work.
Love is having the safety to express any emotion you may feel and knowing that it will be handled with the utmost care.
So those are the things that decided to find their way into my head that day. I realize that this all can be found in Corinthians but this was a personal revelation to me. I love when that happens. It makes you realize just how blessed you truly are.
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