"Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always preserves." 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
         Recently this verse has become one of my favorite verses.
         Love is patient, love is kind: I do have a boyfriend so maybe that is way I always find myself thinking about it. Maybe it is Gods way of reminding me that its okay to wait. We have been going out for over six months and haven't even kissed yet. I don't see what is so wrong with waiting for the moment when it feels right. I don't go telling people that we haven't but when they ask I tell them. They don't believe it. Six months is not even a long time. I guess for some people my age it is. I see some of my friends dating for a week and telling each other that they love each other, then breaking up the next day. Some of my friends have had sex already too and are no longing together with their boyfriends. I prayed to God to help me be patient and to not give into peer pressure or do something that I don't feel I am ready for. I think God put this verse into my head to remind me that if that person really loves you they will wait.
       It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud: Some of the people I know only date because they want to make their ex's jealous, which isn't right because someone always gets hurt. We can't just think about our own feeling we also have to think about the other person's feelings.
       It is not rude, it is not self-seeking: I think this verse is telling us that we should not date just for ourselves or just to say we are dating. I had a person ask me during school if we were dating just to say we were dating. I asked him if he really thought I would do that. The same kind said that he was only keeping his girlfriend around for the sex. This kid is a year younger then me. I can't believe how much society is changing.
       It is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. People make mistakes, some bigger then others. To God every sin is a sin. It is hard to sometimes forgive people, but I think if you really love the person you will give them a second chance. Sometimes they will make things right and sometimes they will only do it again. Sometimes you just have to let that person go. We can't stay mad forever.
       It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always preserves: We have to be able to trust the other person in order for relationships to work. There is hope that he is "the one."
       I hope that I can one day find the perfect one for me. Will it be my boyfriend now? I sure hope so, but I'm only sixteen so many things could happen yet. Only God knows what going to happen. All I can do right know is pray and live life to the fullest.