"Oops, I did it again"

That's right. The title of this post is a famous Brittney Spears song...uh, but no - it's not about her or that song. Just the phrase. ;) sorry if that is a disappointment.

Well actually - in a way it is about that song; if you think about it the whole song is about a girl who has a guy fall in love with her and she returns none of those feelings except for the benefits. Physical benefits. Which of course is nasty but that is what it is about.

Love these days is so fake. Lust has been redefined to take Love's place. Nobody understands what love is about these days, and so our hearts are constantly on the breakage point. We are taught/trained from young ages to have crushes and then when they don't like us back - we cry, and hopefully move on.

But doesn't that tell us that that is a repeating cycle? Does that teach us that love always ends, it never stays strong with distance, and love never really was love in the first place.

So what is love...love love love....

The ideal love I think first of all is understanding. Love sacrifices all for the other. Love never grows faint with distance. Love uplifts and never ever brings down. Love is constantly climbing up the ladder and carrying the other upon your back if you must. Love is constant, not fading in and out with each time of day. Love is honest, but kind. Love is never about the physical aspects. Love is pure. Love is beautiful, raging, yet calm.

Love is love.

And love never ends.

Someone once explained to me all the physical junk and why God gave us those...senses (if you will - I promise I'll keep this clean. duh) But God uses infatuation and physical attractions to draw us to each other. Think about it, without the attraction - guys and girls really would never get past those small things that they hate in each other. By the time they have fallen in love though, they have come to realize and settle those differences - they have come to love the person and not their looks - and so if it is real love and outlasts the ultimate test of time, then even in old age when our looks are not appealing - we can still experience love in its purest form. That is of course why we have Eternal Marriage.

So yah...I started out with a Brittney Spears song but...and maybe that's sacrilegious (sorry) but that's kind of how my thought process has been going.

-Kaylla