True Love Isn't About Spark, It's About Growth

All relationships will reach a point where they feel ''boring'' after quite a few years. This is the truth nobody is telling you. The butterflies will calm, the 3 A.M. talking will become commonplace, and the thrill of novelty will wear off. Though love has not disappeared. It just means it's growing. What is the magic of love in the face of the challenges? It's about building a fire.

We're now living in a world where convenience is worshipped, the understanding that everything is expendable, even relationships. All the hard things? They're just not worth your time. But true love…? It's about stuckness when things are not perfect, understanding instead of assuming, and how to grow together, not apart.

Love takes effort.

No relationship is without effort. Even the best couples experience moments of doubt, disappointment and miscommunication. Love is not about escaping these challenges. It's working through them.'' It's about being there when times are tough, choosing to be there even when the butterfly feelings fade, and choosing to continue growing the relationship long after the honeymoon is over.

The spark may fade, but the true love endures.

Even intoxicating new love, in the rush of it, is temporary. If you spend your life seeking that feeling, you'll spend your entire life searching and never building. True love is not found. It's made. It's a deep, abiding bond formed through shared struggles, mutual respect, and a daily choice to have each other's backs. Passion can burn hot then cool down to embers, but the flame of true love will never go out.

Love isn't about being perfect. It's about being real.

We expect love to cruise smoothly, but actual relationships have stormy weather. Lasting love is not the absence of conflict, but the will to endure conflict, and we always need God's help to make that happen. The most peaceful couples aren't the ones who never fight. They are ones that fight for one another, not against one another.

He said that if you want unconditional love, then you give first.

We all want a love that holds firm in the storm stage. But before we can seek it from another, we have to be willing to grant it. Love arrives on the tough days, is slow to anger when it would be easy to get frustrated, and decides to stay even when it feels easier to go. Love is not about becoming a man or woman of your dreams, it is about being the man or woman of someone elses dreams.

Be the love you want to have.

Here is a simple overview: If you want love that is long-lasting you need to work at it! You've got to communicate, to express gratitude, to develop a relationship in which both individuals feel secure and valued.'' Love is not passive. It's a choice every day. When both partners choose to, the love not only survives it deepens.

Are modern relationships flawed due to the fact that people prioritize convenience over commitment?...?