“Have I even been in love?”
My best friend and I always hold our deep conversations when we’re extremely exhausted and emotionally drained, and that night was no different. We both sat in complete silence after this question was spoken. Had I? Had she? Had any of us, at any point, been in love, real love? As we sat in the silence, my mind continued circling back to the root of it all: what is love? Okay, yes. I go to a Christian university and have my Bible classes under my belt, so my immediate thought is “Oh yeah, agape. The unconditional love of God is real love.” But that’s not what I was trying to understand. I personally believe as image bearers of Christ, we are to extend agape love to everyone we encounter. But what I wanted to know that an unfailing, romantic love looks like. Because I haven’t figured that out, and during this conversation, I thought surely romance was a league all to its own. So after some thought, I finally spoke. I feel weird putting my own words in quotation marks, so I’ll just write about what I said.
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I just got back from a quick little vacay to south Florida, which means I got to spend some time at the beach. The beach is easily one of my favorite environments. It relaxes you and tans you at the same time, plus the views are always nice. You can't get much better than that. But, of course, if we're thinking of a beach, we probably think of swimsuits. And for some of us, if we think of swimsuits, there's a whole other thought train that goes on. And usually that train isn't headed towards positivity and self-love. It tends to get caught up at Self Loathing Station. I'll be the first to admit that I am very guilty of spending my sweet time at this place. But this weekend was a first for me: This was the first time in my life that I did not have a single negative thought towards my body whilst in a swimsuit. |
AuthorI'm a college student with a passion to empower women, spread the love of Christ, and speak truth into the darkness. I also really like cats and Taylor Swift. Archives
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