Love hurts, but never fails.

Story time:

So one time there was a girl who thought she knew the meaning of love. She grew up in a home in which love was a prominent affection shown. Her parents loved each other, God, and her. What could be better, right? God loved her as well, therefore of course, at the ripe age of 13 she KNEW what love really was. That one day when she walked into a new Sunday School, well let's just say it was "love at first sight."He was the most attractive guy she had ever seen.
 Brown hair, blue eyes... The epitome of tall, dark and handsome. What could be better? She conveniently got quickly involved in the church, even in the band. Within weeks, this girl was convinced this was the boy she was going to marry. For a year it went on like this, only this time the boy even seemed to be showing similar affections towards the girl. Oh, the conversations that happened at sleepovers then!It even led to going to Winter Formal together, freshmen year of highschool. Life was grand. Everyone believed they were the perfect couple, she just knew they were going to get married. A year later though, things happened when they were least expected to. Now, let me preface this with, this girl wasn't allowed to date until the age of 16, which the boy respected. So November of the year before her birthday rolled around, and she noticed something was a little bit different, but refused to acknowledge it... Little did she know of the heartbreak that was right around the bend. Her sixteenth birthday came and went, as did her lifetime of no boyfriend. Only to find out a month later, he had been talking to another girl and asked her out the following month.


THE END.
Great story, right? Not quite our picture perfect, fairy tale ending that society portrays on a regular basis. What was the last movie that you watched that didn't end happily? I bet you'll have to think long and hard about that one. For goodness sake, I watched "Beauty and the Beast" tonight and was swooning over that, which is semi-pathetic considering it's a cartoon... But hey, can't mess with the classics!


But for those of you who know me, know that this is my story. Now granted, some things may have been a tad bit exaggerated considering this was all in my little 13-16 year old mind. [Which, might I just add, I am extremely grateful I am done with those years of life!]
It's never easy though. Heartbreak never is... Even in something as trivial as a middle school "relationship." Now you all may not think this is as traumatic as some cases... But honestly, it still affects me today. My trust of guys is so low, as is my self-esteem in regards to relationships. Someday, some guy will come along and prove that not all boys are dogs [as Basil told us in Bible Study on Thursday night...] 
And as much as someone may say they are "over them," it doesn't mean that the pain has gone away... Probably to this day, I hold some hurt from that relationship. But the key is forgiveness. If I hadn't been able to forgive this particular person then I don't know where I would stand in bitterness right now. I will clear something up right now, I DO NOT have feelings for this person anymore, at least not in the way that I did. I consider him a friend, which was a hard point to come to, but it is so much better that way.


But as much as love can hurt, it NEVER fails. Because guess what?


GOD IS LOVE.


Woah.
Therefore meaning we can never really know love... Yes, we can in the agape sense of loving someone else here on earth, but this is nothing compared to the love than transcends all things. This love never fails. It surrounds us, wraps us up, comforts us, and embraces us with its warmth. 


Yes, I thought I knew what love was, but now I realize it's all a learning process. Each and every day I am taught a new concept about the word love. I realize how much there is to learn about love. Not saying that you can't feel it at a young age, because I fully believe that people can fall in love, but there is so much more out there just waiting to be gathered up and be taken into use.
Thankfully, since human love fails us, God's love never does. 


I also don't know if any of this even made sense, or flowed... But I just needed to write out some thoughts, and thought this would be the best place to do it.

"Your love is amazing, steady and unchanging
Your love is a mountain, firm beneath my feet
Your love is a mystery, how you gently lift me
When I am surrounded, your love carries me"

[So true about God's love. Rely on this.]