A huge torrent cannot extinguish love; rivers cannot sweep it away. Song of Songs 8:7 (CSB) Hollywood is fantastic at creating romantic movies. And truthfully, I enjoy a good romantic film! But don’t let what you believe about love be dictated by what you see in the movies. Infatuation is what our culture calls (and Hollywood depicts as) “falling in love.”  It’s an emotional high with a temporary shelf life. Infatuation produces euphoric feelings of “this person is perfect and completes me.” We tend to superimpose our dreams on that person, while dismissing their behaviour during the infatuation phase. Now, I don’t have a problem with the infatuation phase. In fact, when handled correctly, I think it sets the hook in deeper. But fast forward …

Now the Lord God said, “It is not good (beneficial) for the man to be alone; I will make him a helper [one who balances him – a counterpart who is] suitable and complementary for him.” Genesis 2:18 (AMP) Have you ever heard someone talk about how their partner just “gets” them? What they’re really saying is, their partner speaks their love language which makes them feel incredible. Now, most of us speak one love language well, and it’s usually the same one that we crave ourselves. Oftentimes, how we show love to our spouse is the way we want to feel loved. But here’s the problem: almost nobody marries someone that prefers the same love language! Often, after years of speaking basically foreign languages …

There are three things that remain: faith, hope and love—yet love surpasses them all. 1 Corinthians 13:13 (TPT) Did you know we all have a love tank? If your vehicle’s fuel tank gets low or runs out, you won’t get very far! The same is true of our personal love tanks. In relationships, when someone is not feeling or experiencing love, their love tank begins drying up. Not only is that true in marriage, but psychologists are now suggesting that there may be a correlation between behavioural issues and children whose love tanks are empty. Now, there are a lot of different reasons why children misbehave. Often a lack of feeling loved has nothing to do with it, but this does underscore how crucial receiving …

An open rebuke is better than hidden love. Proverbs 27:5 (NLT) Imagine trying to build a relationship with someone who doesn’t speak your language. Working out issues would be so difficult, and expressing how you feel about them would seem nearly impossible. Now imagine the explosive growth, love and joy you’d experience if you became fluent in their language, or vice versa! Gary Chapman’s book, The Five Love Languages, is a wonderful resource for relationships. He talks about five basic love languages: words of affirmation, acts of service, physical touch, quality time and receiving gifts. The reality is that two people are not always speaking the same language when it comes to love. This can create heartache and misunderstanding. On the other hand, when we …

Taste and see that the Lord is good. Psalms 34:8 (NLT) God is all about love and relationships. In fact, He’s the very source of love itself! Many religions believe in mean, impossible to please gods. Or they believe in a god who creates a bunch of rules and will nail you if you disobey them. But our God, THE one and only God, isn’t like that at all! In Psalms 34, David says when you experience God, you discover that He is good. Now, if God is good and God is love (1 John 4:7-12) then God’s love is good, and we can walk in His love in every one of our relationships: through parental love, romantic love, familial love, the love between friends, …