Here are six ways to
distinguish between love
and lust:
1. Love makes you wait to be
married before having s*x.
Lust on the other hand,
makes you jump in the bed
before marriage.
2. Love enables you to
appreciate your significant
other’s mind. Lust on the
other hand, enables you
appreciate your significant
other’s body.
3. Love makes you turn to
God and your significant
other when trouble is
present in your relationship.
Lust on the other hand,
makes you turn away from
God and your significant
other when trouble is
present in your relationship.
4. Love makes you come
home and hold your
significant other. Lust on the
other hand, makes you stay
away from home and hold
someone else’s significant
other.
5. Love contributes to
faithfulness and
understanding. Lust on the
other hand, contributes to
infidelity and conflict.
6. Love enables you to
validate, respect and honor
your significant other’s
emotions. Lust on the other
hand, contributes to
invalidation, disrespect and
dishonor
I cannot stress the
importance of
understanding what love is
and how it functions. One
cannot remove lust or any
other vice from his or her life
unless he or she
understands what love is.
We are living in times when
more emphasis is placed on
physical qualities and less on
internal qualities. This trend
is especially dangerous for
women and men who define
the quality of their
relationship based on
superficial connections.
“Friends with benefits”
relationships are typically
lustful in nature and cripples
individuals’ ability to
establish relationships based
on true love.
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