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There is probably no topic that has captivated

people throughout the centuries and from most


every culture than the topic of love. We put a man
on the moon, broke the speed of sound, and
mapped the human genome, but love remains a
complete mystery. Science has not been able to
explain it. Mathematics cannot predict it. Poets
still wrestle with adequate words to describe it.
It may have been more than two millennia ago, but Plato’s words have
never sounded more true, “Every heart sings a song, incomplete.” We are
all looking for love. At any given moment, we may be far from it but we
never stop hoping the next opportunity is just over on the horizon. We are
all looking for true love.

One of our frustrations with love is our complete inability to keep it. Like
sand slipping between our fingers, the harder we grasp the faster it seems
to fall through. It would be nice if love was as simple as baking a batch of
cookies or building a birdhouse for the backyard; a simple set of
ingredients, a logical list of steps to take. But we all know the truth; love
cannot be manufactured. It cannot be bought or traded. It cannot be forced.
It cannot be controlled. It cannot be plotted on a map or broken down into a
checklist of to do’s.

But, it is possible to find true love; even unconditional love! Here are seven
steps to finding true love:

1. LOVE REQUIRES YOU TO REVEAL


YOUR TRUE SELF TO ANOTHER
The famous author, C. S. Lewis, puts it best, “To love at all is to be
vulnerable. Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly
broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact you must give it to no
one.” Lewis is right. What makes love so hard, and sometimes painful, is
the vulnerability that always seems to accompany it.
“True love goes beyond the passion of romance and even
finding a partner for the sake of being married.”
We use the word love to describe a lot of things. We love food. We love
music. We love a good joke and we love having a good time. Using love to
describe such simple things makes the word seem a little safer. It is safe
because we are not exposed. A great cup of coffee cannot reject us. A song
from our favorite band does not leave us feeling useless. But when we
choose to share our life with another person, we inevitably make a choice to
become vulnerable. Unfortunately, vulnerability leaves our defenses down,
and often we get hurt.

We all know the feeling: rejection, humiliation, desperation. Opening our


hearts to another person, only to be rejected, is one of the most painful
experiences in life. It hurts the most because in love we are most
vulnerable. It’s worse than physical pain because it shakes us at the core of
our identity, our hopes, and our dreams. Love rushes us to the mountain-
top, and when lost, sends us careening back to the valley below. We cannot
help but feel empty. We cannot help but feel worthless. We cannot help but
feel hopeless.

2. FINDING TRUE LOVE CAN BE


DIFFICULT
The Bible has a remarkable story about a woman named Leah who
discovered that finding true love was difficult. Leah was the daughter of a
wealthy and manipulative man named Laban. Leah also had a sister named
Rachel, one of the most beautiful women in the whole region. Leah was
described as, “weak in the eyes.” We do not know exactly what that phrase
means, but it is not hard to guess. Even without the side-by-side

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