Verse 4 "do not arouse or awaken love until it so desires."
I had a girlfriend in high school because I thought it would be cool to have a girlfriend. I didn't really like her, I think we talked like once per week, but I had a girlfriend. I think when we are young we like the idea of something more than we like the actual thing. (I used to get hot chocolate and walk around with the cup because I thought it was cool to give the appearance that I drank coffee, even though I still think coffee is disgusting. If it's a taste you have to aquire, that means it is not very good. I didn't have to aquire a taste for pizza.)
This verse is telling us not to rush in to being in love... Not to be in love just for the sake of being in love. Instead we should wait for the right person to come along, the person where love gives us no choice. Forced love never lasts.
Which is why God gives us freewill. God does not force us to love Him, instead He gives us the choice.
But faith is less like a choice and more like falling in love.
God wants to be in a deep, loving relationship with us. God wants to talk to us everyday. God wants to hear all you problems and celebrate all your joys.
This is more than an idea, it is the truth. I realize that not everyone is ready to have that kind of relationship... and that's ok.
God will wait until you're ready.
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