Falling in Love with God

        I went through a super poetic stage a while ago. I wrote it all down in my journal, and I enjoy reading over it. What prompted it? A boy. There is, at this point, pretty much only one boy I would ever consider marrying. I'm young, but for now that is it. And that's good, I suppose. Better one than twelve, right? Anyways, as I was writing about him, I thought about love. And how I just can't wait to fall in love. Love is a beautiful thing. And I want to save it for the one. For now, the only man I truly love is God. I'm already His bride, and it's a beautiful thing. Falling in love with Him is the best thing you could ever do. Why? Three reasons: 1) It teaches you how to truly love 2) It teaches you unconditional love 3) it ensures that when a special person comes around, it will be the one, (really the two), the only other one.

It teaches you how to truly love

How to truly love: loving a person for them, not their looks or "benefits." I can't believe I'm going here, but it's such a big thing. God created sex as a good thing, but not before you know the person. When you fall in love with God, you can't fall in love with Him to please your want for sex, only after your in love with Him will He free you from that bondage. Falling in love with God teaches you how to fall in love with a person: for them. I fell in love with God because He loves me for me. Loving someone for who they are, all of their little quirks and flaws included, is the love I want to both give and receive.

It teaches you unconditional love

God is perfect. You aren't. So when you fail in loving Him, He will always forgive you. Falling in love with Him first doesn't ensure that you won't mess up with the one comes along, but when the one comes along and messes up, you will be reminded of how to respond according to the ways of God, Love, and the same for the one you love. The number one thing I'm looking for in a man is a man who not only loves God, but falls in love with Him every day. After that, all he has to be is taller than me and a godly man. 

It ensures true love with the one

There was a quote going around Pinterest a while back that said, "Dance with God and He will let the right man cut in." It's true. Falling in love with God means having a relationship with Him, and so when someone comes around, He will guide your steps. Love is a beautiful thing, and I want to save it for the one special man God has for me, so I want Him to guide my steps as I get older. 

        So, there you have it. Me on love. I can't wait to fall in love. Again tomorrow when I wake up and when a special boy comes around. (whether or not it's the one I like now) When I think about "that" boy, I always try to curb my feelings. It doesn't work. It works much better if you direct them somewhere else. For me, that was right back at God. God is Love. I love Love. 

-Emily