He Must Still Love Me.....

My sister and I were discussing the issue of 'love' earlier tonight. We talked about the difference between being 'in love', 'in lust', and having a crush. We agreed that being in lust and having a crush are pretty simple things to do... allow me to deconstruct the necessary components...

1. You see something you like and you decide (whether consciously or subconsciously) that you want it. Now this 'something' that you decide that you want could range from the opposite sex to material objects (car, guitar, clothes) to money (and any way that you can get your filthy hands on money you greedy little....) to stature (degrees, and climbing the social ladder) to celebrities (I like Johnny Depp, and Jude Law, and Vin Diesel, and Hugh Jackman, and Ioan Gruffudd, and...). Anyways, you get the idea.

2.You get excited. This 'something' starts to consume your thoughts, you think about it when you go to sleep at night and you think about it in the morning, you talk about it with your friends, and you learn more about it. For example, if there is a job you really really want you will research various aspects of it, how much it could pay, what you need to get it, who you will answer to, what hours you will be working... that sort of thing.

3. The excitement fades. This 'something' doesn't hold your attention quite like it used to, you don't think about it as much and it becomes less important. Perhaps you discover that your fave actor is a jerk, maybe that job just wasn't what you thought it was, maybe that degree is not worth the time or maybe the computer was outdated after two weeks of it being on the shelf. Whatever the case, your crush is just not worth your time anymore.

4. You find something new. A new actor, a new object, a bigger and better thing!

Love on the other hand is different, it has some of the same components: seeing something you like, getting excited, but instead of having the novelty wearing off and moving on to a better thing, the excitement changes to something that allows people to put someone's needs in front of their own, to share their possessions with others, to accept mistakes and flaws, to help when there is a need even without being asked, to listen even when the topic doesn't concern them, and to give without expecting something in return.

With that said I have a question for those of you who know Chirst to ponder... do you love God? or is He your crush?

P.S. You'll never find anything bigger or better than God... sorry! (in regards to point #4)

Til next time my freaky darlings...