When Love Isn’t Easy

There is something captivating about extravagant and pursuant love, whether it’s in the stories of Romeo and Juliet, Jasmine and Aladdin, Prince Charming and Snow White, or any number of others. Take your pick and you’ll find suspense, true love’s kiss, and a tale that takes your breath away.

Unfortunately, life isn’t easy, and love is even worse at times. Broken dreams and a wounded heart can easily lead us down a path where all hope seems lost. We can find ourselves searching for love and hope in all the wrong places, only to find ourselves feeling empty, alone, and scared. We can also end up distrusting God and His purposes along the way.

You may find yourself in a similar situation. Life hasn’t been the easiest, and maybe you have been patiently waiting for your true love for years, losing hope day by day, hour by hour, and minute by minute. You see the dream you have always wanted, but there are many unknowns.

Consider if any of the following scenarios describe you:

• You have a great desire to be married, but your love life hasn’t yet worked out the way you hoped it would.
• You are single and don’t know if you want to be married, but you want to love with your whole heart.
• You are dating, and you want to know how to tell who is a safe person to give your heart to and who isn’t.
• You are almost engaged, engaged, or newly married and want to keep your relationship healthy and thriving over time.
• You don’t desire to get married, or get married again, but you want to have a loving, open heart toward your friends, family, and community.
• You are happily married but desire even more connection with your spouse.
• Your marriage seems very difficult, and you want to feel more seen and loved by your spouse.
• You are divorced, your heart is shattered, and you want reassurance that there is still hope for a better relationship in the future.

Perhaps you also feel your unmet desires for love spreading to your relationship with God. If you’re honest, perhaps your relationship with Him feels only surface level. You’ve hidden parts of yourself from Him, and you aren’t encountering His love like you have in the past. You want to feel His love again.

If you fit into any of those circumstances, you’re in the right place! Your heart is so very precious to Jesus. He cares about you more than you could know. He wants to heal all the hurting, disappointed, or walled off places so you can be more fully seen and loved and be loved in a safe way. He wants to give you the wholehearted love you’ve always wanted.

Scripture Passages:

Zephaniah 3:17: “The Lord your God is living among you. He is a mighty savior. He will take delight in you with gladness. With his love, he will calm all your fears. He will rejoice over you with joyful songs.”

Psalm 86:15: “But you, O Lord, are a God of compassion and mercy, slow to get angry and filled with unfailing love and faithfulness.”

Romans 8:37-39: “No, despite all these things, overwhelming victory is ours through Christ, who loved us. And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God’s love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow—not even the powers of hell can separate us from God’s love. No power in the sky above or in the earth below—indeed, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord.”