These 3 words can mean a lot to many people. They can make the heart flutter and make a person smile without knowing it. The 3 words that can change a life are “I love you”.
Men and women often say this to each other when they are in a relationship. They help us remember times when we felt love and knew we were loved. Those special moments, like proposing or hearing them for the first time from someone you really care about. Nothing else can really compare to it.
Unfortunately, however, what so many experience is not really love at all. It is something that is here today and gone tomorrow. Words spoken in a moment of passion to get what one wants but leaves when morning comes. One person may feel that this love is real, while the other person just wants what saying I love you will give them right now.
Love is more than words. It is more than a feeling. When we say these words to someone, they must mean more than just lip service. I love you means:
1) I accept you as you are: There are not a bunch of rules and regulations that one must abide by in order to win her love. It means that you are free to be yourself with all your faults and flaws. There is no need to act or pretend to be something you are not when you are loved.
2) I accept you because you are- There aren’t many relationships we have in life where we experience unconditional acceptance. Most people have expectations of us and when we don’t meet those expectations, they have no problem writing us off. When we say I love you it should mean that we are loved as we are, not because we have to change.
3) I accept you no matter what, contrary to what some believe, we all make mistakes. Romans 3:10 says “there are none righteous, not even one.” Each and every one of us will make mistakes, disappoint our loved ones, and have things to apologize for. When you are loved, people don’t use your mistakes as the sole factor in determining how to love you. Love covers sin. It doesn’t cover it, but it covers sin.
love is great. It is not something to be taken lightly. Instead, it should be appreciated and shared with others as often as we can.