  To Be in Love Sometimes people in dating relationships do dumb things. Most people excuse their idiocy and say, "oh, they're in love. " This is the popular misconception, that to be in love is to lose your mind. Love founded on feelings ends in misery. True love does not end, therefore love cannot be founded on emotion. I believe that love can be discovered among bad foundation, but it is not the root or cause of it. The dumb things done should be blamed on the dumb people doing them. Love does not subtract rationality. Rather it complements it. Love encourages,embraces and exemplifies the mind. To say less is to say, "I'll love you when I feel like it.
" We are supposed to love God with all our hearts, minds,and strengths. How we love others is directly reflective of how we love God. If we do not love God with all of ourselves then we cannot offer our complete devotion to any human being. That's challenging. God offers all of His heart,mind and strength through the attributes of omnipresence, omniscience and omnipotence. He is with us, He knows our need and He has the power to fulfill that need. Being humbled is the first step of learning to love.
We are reliant on God alone. I've heard people say that love is protecting and providing for someone, well I would agree but not on any cold utilitarian notions. Love is not simply the protecting of feelings and the providing of comfort. True love creates an escape from the sins of disobedience and rebellion against God and opportunities to further embrace God who offers redemption. 
