Love always seems to fade. People will no longer ‘stay’. Marriage has died. Dreams are just a dream. Love isn’t how it always used to seem. Does ‘happily ever after’ even exist, or is it simply a cruel myth? Has love died? Do we have anything to look forward to in marriage? This is a topic I have been anxiously waiting to study and post. Has love has lost it’s power? The word itself is used so flippantly, people so thoughtlessly toss the word around. In truth, I think love in itself has not lost it’s meaning, rather people have watered down it’s applications or simply forgot it’s true connotations. Love today is viewed as a game, specifically among the younger generation. It’s a fad. You aren’t ‘cool’ unless you have a boyfriend/girlfriend. I can’t tell you the amount of times I have had people, even relatives, put me down simply because my relationship status is ‘single’; more on that later. Marriage is no longer seen how it used to be. No marriage seems to have commitment, in fact, a lot of ‘couples’ don’t even get married. Marriage is no longer a good thing; they’re not happy or content. Married couples continue to ‘want out’. Come on, look at the divorce rates. Many people no longer want to stay together, if they do, it’s almost “just because I have to”. Marriage is seen as a ‘trap’, people play with the idea of ‘game over’ when you get married, but they continue to think that way in marriage. Couples talk bad about each other, either to each other, or to others. They don’t treat each other right. I don’t see the true love between couples anymore. No one sees the beauty in marriage. More often than not, it ends in an ugly divorce. We’ve been through it, not with my parents, but with other immediate family. Marriage has died. Love is gone... or is it? 1 Corinthians 13, typically known as ‘the love chapter’. Verse 8 say’s specifically, “Charity never faileth”. ‘Charity’, meaning, ‘love’. The Lord set up marriage. He said, “It’s is not good that the man should be alone, I will make him an help meet for him.” (Gen. 2.18) So, he gave Adam, Eve.. not Steve. Ephesians. 5.21-33 talks about how a biblical marriage should be. Yet, not many marriages today follow the pattern given. “Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.” (1 John 4.7-8) If you don’t know God, it is impossible for you to love, because love is of God. You must know Him before you can know what love really is. Where love is, God is. If love is of God, and God is love, then, love is... God. If He is not the center of your relationship, how is love to be prominent? One more thought, focused more on us teens: If a relationship goes against God’s word, it’s not love. 1 John 1.1, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” We already established that love is God, and comes from Him. The verse here emphasizes that the Word of God is God Himself. Thus, if a ‘couple’ feels like they are ‘in love’, and it is going against something in the Bible, they’re not in love. It’s as simple as that. Now, I love poems, music, and lyrics. These are the lyrics to a song I read the other day that I think are relevant to today’s post. "Restore" - Chris August Nobody's growing old together, we've made it easy just to quit Love has become a negative percentage, why do we bother to commit We've got a long list of excuses, ways we try to justify Well, I propose to you the truth is, marriage does not have to die [Chorus:] I know you're feeling like it’s falling apart and it can't go on anymore But God is a God who knows how to heal so just give it up to the Lord And He will restore He said with this ring I promise, and with I do she said forever But right now if they're being honest they don't know if they'll stay together Let's fast forward to the future after struggling on their own They finally figured out they needed Jesus in the middle Now I'm watching God rebuild their home [Chorus] The enemy tries to come and divide Trying to get us to give up the fight But darkness will always lose out to light 'Cause we've got the power of Christ on our side I see you growing old together I pray I find a love like yours So if you're feeling like it’s falling apart and it can't go on anymore God is a God who knows how to heal so just give it up to the Lord And He will restore Like it was before You may have strayed off course But He will restore
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