Lovey Dovey

this post is gonna deal a lot with 戀愛, haha, don't blame me, it's just what's been going on lately. because there's quite a lot, i'll try to condense it as much as possible. i'm also just jotting these down for my sake, because they work as a good reminder for myself, so don't feel obligated to read it. ha.

1) the things one does for the other
this is coming from watching a lot of friends and the study of Exodus. so in Friends, Ross pretty much does ANYTHING for Rachel, he skips his dinosaur thingy for her, he does this and that for her, he's always sacrificing his own things for her. But Rachel never realizes. of course, being a TV show, she does eventually find out the stuff he does for her and goes awww. but anyways, it's just that, the receiving end never really knows what's going on in the sacrificing end, and kind of just takes everything for granted because...well, you're getting your way. anyways, i saw this in the study of Exodus too (and in our relationship with Christ). I think so many times God is just pouring out His love to us and doing things for us, but we're kind of just -shrug-. i had more to say about this, but i don't remember. either way, i was just reminded that God is SO deeply in love with me, and i too should be SO madly in love with Him.

2) when to profess your love and to date?
this came up in a conversation with a friend, do you start dating someone as soon as mutual feelings are discovered or do you wait? my personal opinion (therefore, not universal truth) is that if prayer was done before this mutual feeling was discovered (and by prayer, i mean hardcore prayer...) then i think it is ok to start dating as soon as that mutual feeling is discovered, because if both participants should have been praying before hand then it means that it was the work of the Holy Spirit. the reason i don't think there should be waiting time between "discovering" and "dating" is because i think during that time frame it gives too much "comfort room", as in it gives both participants a lot of room to do "couple-y" things without being a couple, and so if mutual feelings disappear, you've already invested a lot of emotions. aka, it gives room to "unofficially" date (what the heck is that?) HOWEVER. if both participants did not go through prayer before the mutual feelings were discovered, i do think it is wise to wait and pray before jumping into anything. anyways, it was just an interesting conversation with this friend, never had this question asked before.

i had more, but i'm gonna stop cause i'm tired. God's so good. I can't believe how much God loves me!