I’m on pause.
That’s how it feels right now. God is slowing everything down and showing me my life from His perspective. It’s funny how quick we are to rush things.
But anyway, the point of this post: Joshua and I were talking about the soul the other night, and we’ve concluded that perhaps the difference between lust and love is that lust is really just ”temporal love”. That perhaps lust goes deeper than just desiring sex with someone - perhaps lust is the love of a person’s temporary things. The mind, the heart, the personality, the appearance… these are all temporary. When we die, we leave all of this behind. We leave our mind and heart and personality and appearance behind. God gives us completely new bodies.
Love is eternal, love is everlasting. Love is goes deeper than lust. Joshua and I realized that love is where the soul kicks in. Love is forever, the soul is forever. God doesn’t just love the way we think or feel… He loves the way we are. And that’s the soul. The soul is the innermost being of who we are, not what we are or how we are… but who. we. are. Love doesn’t just come and go. We don’t love someone sometimes and hate them sometimes, because God didn’t create us that way.
Love is eternal. Lust is temporary.
And maybe that’s what loving another person is all about. Because honestly, if you romantically love someone because he/she is good looking or nice or smart or Christian or intelligent, then what’s stopping you from falling in love with someone else who is all of those things as well? It all comes down to the soul. The soul is what makes us unique and different from everyone else. The soul is what sets us apart. The soul is where the party is at, and it really does make sense.
The love that God calls us to is the love of souls.
I don’t want to just fall in love with your mind and your heart and then get bored and move on. No, I want God to reveal to me who you are, who He created you to be. Because that’s what love is… love is knowing another person’s soul and being united into one creation with him/her.
Do you know what I mean? If you have any thoughts on this subject (about the soul, love, lust), let me know what you think (: I feel so strongly and passionately about this subject… it’s just mind-blowingly crazy.
