Have you ever known someone that you wish would just forgive the stupid things you do? I'm not talking about stupidly cheating on your faithful boyfriend, or repeatedly lying to someone. Just those random occurrences that have obvious consequences and lessons to be learned that you can't not learn unless you're mentally challenged. It's like, come on, don't you think i figured out never to do that again? I just want you to love me through it. I think that's part of what love really is, loving through it; through all the stupid choices/mistakes.
What sparked this thought was one of those moments, where it's stressful enough to go through it, now i just need support. It wasn't a huge deal or anything, but the moment it happened the repercussions had to be made known to me again, which was unnecessary. I don't know about anyone else, but i don't feel the love coming from an "i told you so" of sorts.
I think real love, whether the romantic or platonic, is something a lot of people think they know, but they haven't even scratched the surface. Real love takes time, effort, acquaintance...real love takes a lot of things people are rarely willing to give. I think real love is a sacrifice, it's choosing patience over anger. Real love takes practice (once again with the effort). I think real love takes a certain amount of selflessness; though not complete because we are only human, i don't know that complete selflessness is possible.
I just hear that word tossed around a lot, "love". I think it can also be an extreme level of connection with someone, experiences linking the two of you. To truly love someone, you need to see past the faults and love the person beside them. "Love is not easily angered." Sometimes you not only have to love someone beside their faults, but love them beside yourself. "[Love] is not proud".
It's just so interesting to me as i've grown up in the past years, (and by this i mean matured, though there is much more learning to come) how relevant 1 Corinthians 13:4-8 are to life. They used to be a jumble of words to me, but over the past few years and months especially, these words have been coming to life. They've been clarifying things to me, and challenging me to love as God writes. It just sucks when you try to love as Corinthians states, but other choose not to.
