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Love isn’t easy. We are conditioned to think being in love is going to be all butterflies and rom-com moments- and sometimes it is- but love isn’t easy.

When you’re really loving someone, you’re choosing to see the deepest parts that no one else was brave enough to see. You’re going to the places that aren’t beautiful or pleasant. You’re choosing to truly know someone beyond the surface and choosing to stay when the ugly parts are revealed. Love is having the conversations that feel like your heart is ripping open, but staying to put it back together again. Love is full of grace and forgiveness, even when you can’t find the strength to give it. Love is holding hands through tears because love grounds you; love shows you purpose. Love hurts because it is refining and changing you. Love is thinking about the future instead of just the day at hand because their future is important to you. Love is being selfless, even when it is excruciatingly difficult. Love is, “I am in your corner,” and “I will fight for us when you can’t.”

Love is so beautiful because the mirror that reflects who you truly are is changing you. It changes you in small ways like giving them the best piece of cake and big ways like I will not run out on you. You cannot truly love and remain the same- you will realize you are better, stronger, and full- because you are learning to love like Jesus does. True love will draw you closer to your Creator and into a deeper understanding of His enormous love for you. Love isn’t easy, but love is so worth it.