I just had to copy and paste. it really hit home.

I realize how much my view on this topic has changed.
When my friends tell me about their current love interests or boyfriends, the first question I ask is, “Can you see yourself marrying him?”

Some things I have learned:
-everytime you date someone or tell them you love them, in a sense you are handing them a part of your heart. You may think yeah okay whatever who cares, but what about when you finally meet your future spouse? Don’t you want to be able to give them all of your heart and truly be able to say “i love you” instead of handing them a dinky part of your heart saying “oh my bad, this is all I have left to give you”. And vice versa wouldn’t you want your spouse to give you all of their heart, not just some smart portion of it.
-the honeymoon stage of a relationship lasts 2 years give or take a few, after this mark hits is when you really know if you love each other for better or for worse and are able to love/handle each other for the rest of your lives
-I believe that every couple aiming to have their relationship Christ-centered first needs to individually have their foundation set firmly upon the Lord. Without this first step it’s so easy to lose focus which results in putting each other as #1 on each other’s priority list, therefore God is bumped down the list which is when the relationship becomes very self-focused.
-danger strikes when the two become so dependent on one another. Because he/she becomes your best friend, care-taker, girlfriend/boyfriend and almost the other half of you. So, when the relationship ends you lose not only your boyfriend/girlfriend but also your best friend and everything else they were to you. It breaks you = heartbreak

Love is such a beautiful word. that many of us abuse and throw around.

Love is Patient 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 perseveres.
-1 Corinthians 13: 4-7