Stop looking for love. It may sound counter-intuitive, but think about it. The more you search for love, the less likely you are to find it. And even if you do find someone who claims to love you, is it really the kind of love that will fulfill your deepest desires and needs?
Let’s face it, we all crave acceptance and approval. We want to feel loved and valued by others. But the truth is, the kind of “love” that most people offer is not true love at all. It’s a shallow imitation that only serves to feed our sinful or wild desires.
When someone tells us what we want to hear or makes us feel good about ourselves, they are not necessarily acting out of genuine love for us. They are doing us more harm than good by fueling our pride and rebellion against God.
Finding Real Love
The approval we seek from others only serves to prop up the wrong within us. It’s a false sense of validation that leads us farther away from true fulfillment.
So where can we find real love? The answer lies in turning away from worldly affections and seeking God’s unconditional love instead.
When we stop pursuing earthly relationships and start focusing on our relationship with God, something amazing happens. We start to see through the deception of worldly love. We recognize it for what it truly is. It is a hollow substitute for the real thing.
As we release our grip on the need for human affection and validation, we open ourselves up. We become ready to receive God’s perfect love in its place.
Let Go
It may sound paradoxical, but when we stop trying so hard to make people love us, we become free from their influence over us. We no longer feel compelled to seek out their false affections. We no longer do whatever it takes to keep them in our lives.
Instead, as we let go of this desperate need for human approval, our hearts become receptive. We experience true fulfillment in God’s unchanging love towards us.
Relying on people’s fickle emotional love will only lead us further into guilt. We will need that love more to assuage that guilt. It leads us into dependence on their flawed expressions of “love.”
But when we turn our attention towards seeking after God’s pure and selfless love, everything changes. Suddenly, the void within us begins to fill with His enduring presence and peace.
So don’t be afraid if I tell you this: stop looking for love in the world. In reality, there isn’t anything at all. Then you will truly discover an unshakeable source of fulfillment beyond anything else the world has ever offered.
In conclusion, when you stop looking for love, you will find it. Stop striving after empty affections from others. You will then find yourself embraced by Love itself. https://ubstill.com
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