{Things are a little bit hectic so I haven’t been able to record a podcast episode yet but next weekend, I gotcha!}

love - in relation to dating relationships

As an early 20-something, when I thought of love, I thought of my fathers and how they couldn’t love in ways that were healthy. I thought of the failed attempts at communication. I thought of transactional affection. I thought of love with grasped hands and scurried minds. I thought of the fear, the anxiety, and the insecurity that rippled into every single decision that was made in our household. I thought that I’d be better off without it.

As a late 20-something, I think of love as divine: I see God in it. I see the patience, I see the honor. I see the need for it to be calming, present, and understanding. I see the reason to not rush it. I see the reason to not settle. To not assume, to not guess. To move forward despite it looking contrary to the world’s standards. I see the healing in it. I see the wisdom in it. I see the purity in it. I see the goodness in it. I see the pride falling to the ground as it fills a room. I finally see the safety in it.

Even if it hasn’t been held by me, I’ll know what it is, when it’s time.

1 Corinthians 13:6 ESV

“It does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth.”

Song of Solomon 8:4 CSB

“Young women of Jerusalem, I charge you, do not stir up or awaken love until the appropriate time..“