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Does an Ideal Love Exist?
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HoosierCanuck
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my cynical opinion....not in human form. God's love is 'ideal'. The world's idea of love is definitely NOT.
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Sojourner<><
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I don't know but I really hope it does. It seems less likely every day that goes by though.
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not too sure what you're asking here, hehe.
when you're speaking about human love, no relationship is perfect. Each will have its own shares of ups and downs and rough spots and good times. Does that mean that true love isn't real? no. the fantasy that we all seem to play in our heads about what love should be may not be, but its how the couple chooses to handles the things that are thrown at them that will determine how strong or true that love is.
when you're speaking about human love, no relationship is perfect. Each will have its own shares of ups and downs and rough spots and good times. Does that mean that true love isn't real? no. the fantasy that we all seem to play in our heads about what love should be may not be, but its how the couple chooses to handles the things that are thrown at them that will determine how strong or true that love is.
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I believe it does. If you both love Christ, how much love could you hold for your wife/husband? I would think immeasurable. And I do think as we get older especially, if we are blessed with someone, how wonderful that would be. I know couples that seem to have an ideal love, or they're awfully good actors, lol. At my age, I am longing for someone, won't "settle", but my idea of who that person is, is definitely not what it was when I was 20. Somewhere in this big world, there has to be someone for me, and me for them, and to finally release all the love that seems to store itself up in many a single's heart, wowee, that'd be great! So yep, I think so. We all know that God's love is the perfect ideal, and that we need nothing but Him. But I believe truly Godly pairings are as close to heaven as we'll get on earth. 
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paulewog
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Ideal love exist? Yeah, God's love.
Can humans have that ideal love? Well, we can give it. But we're not perfect, thus we can't perfectly love.
But we're told to try
Can humans have that ideal love? Well, we can give it. But we're not perfect, thus we can't perfectly love.
But we're told to try
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I generally agree with a few opinions here.
An ideal love exists, the love of Jesus Christ - HECK YEAH!
If you're talking about an ideal human love, then no. We're not perfect, and therefore cannot love perfectly, but I believe that by the grace of God we can get darn close to "perfect, as our heavenly Father is perfect." So, I think a near ideal human love exists.
Does God design one person to be with one other specific person so that things just work out? No. It's impossible for Him to do that and maintain the free will of humans. I believe that God "okays" and "declines" certain choices, but I believe that depends on what stage, location, profession, etc. we are at in life at the specific time.
Obviously we can love our wives and husbands an immeasurable amount if we know the love of Christ, but also, we can love EVERYONE an immeasurable amount if we know the love of Christ. Therefore, essentially any two followers of Christ have potential to love eachother an extensive amount. It doesn't mean they were designed to be from birth or anything.
Just because a fated true love does not exist does not mean that the beauty of that sort of relationship is tainted. A marriage is a valuable, precious, powerful, special, admirable, gorgeous, and astounding relationship. It's every bit as meaningful.
An ideal love exists, the love of Jesus Christ - HECK YEAH!
If you're talking about an ideal human love, then no. We're not perfect, and therefore cannot love perfectly, but I believe that by the grace of God we can get darn close to "perfect, as our heavenly Father is perfect." So, I think a near ideal human love exists.
Does God design one person to be with one other specific person so that things just work out? No. It's impossible for Him to do that and maintain the free will of humans. I believe that God "okays" and "declines" certain choices, but I believe that depends on what stage, location, profession, etc. we are at in life at the specific time.
Obviously we can love our wives and husbands an immeasurable amount if we know the love of Christ, but also, we can love EVERYONE an immeasurable amount if we know the love of Christ. Therefore, essentially any two followers of Christ have potential to love eachother an extensive amount. It doesn't mean they were designed to be from birth or anything.
Just because a fated true love does not exist does not mean that the beauty of that sort of relationship is tainted. A marriage is a valuable, precious, powerful, special, admirable, gorgeous, and astounding relationship. It's every bit as meaningful.
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london boy
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As other have said, love betweens humans isn't perfect, but that doesn't mean that it can be perfect as seen through our eyes. I often wonder whether this "ideal love" does exist, whether there is someone there for us etc. However, I know that when it comes, all the time up to then will have been preparation for a wonderful plethora of emotions that cannot be described
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invisiblebabe
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ChristianMatchmaking
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Onwardclimb said:
Yes, indeed. If what we are talking about is what some Christian singles tend to refer to as "the one," then there is likely to be a great deal of unnecessary stress and heartache in one's life. The reality is that for most of us there are likely many in the world with whom we can be compatible to a greater or lesser degree for something like marriage, but it is not necessarily God's will that we wind up with the "one" with whom we are most compatible if it is His will that we marry at all. If it is His will that we find someone, it is the one He wants to give to us for whatever His reason may be. I believe a Christian couple walking with God can be blessed by Him with abundant love and a very happy marriage overall, and we should not wear ourselves out trying to find an "ideal" or being concerned about missing out on an elusive perfect love.
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