What inclines us to fight? Or to run away in flight?
Sometimes in relationships we struggle with this very question... should I fight or flight?
Upon being witness to new relationships beginning and others ending I began to ask myself this very question. I couldn't help but grow frustrated at seeing someone who I love dearly struggle with the fact that she felt like she hadn't been fought for and that her boyfriend refused to try to make them work. The part that I was frustrated with was that she deserved to be fought for and her heart deserved to be cherished.
Another question followed...Where should men learn to be men and fight for the women they love?
This would be my advice:
Learn from the very man who invented love.
He was a man who came to earth only to set those He loved free. He came and brought a calm to storms, fed 5,000 with one loaf of bread and a fish, walked on water, cured the sick, gave sight to the blind, and brought the dead back to life.
His love was so deep that it brought Him to His very death. This death wasn't peaceful or fast... it was slow and painful. He fought so hard that blood began to fall to the ground in droplets of sweat as He thought of the death He was to endure. True love was displayed on Calvary. We should learn how to fight for love in Christ who hoped in love, fought for love, and died for love.
Plus you know what?
You were worth it.
You deserve to be fought for and not fought with. Find someone that will love you at your worst and arms that will hold you at your weakest. Because how wonderful it is when you find the person who can laugh with you, inspire you, and simply give you that reassuring hug that say's he's fighting- and will continue to fight for you. The way Our Savior has and continues to do for us....
-----> Special thank you to the guy who inspired this post. I'm so blessed to have you as an example in my life.
Truth.
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