Love or Lust?

I believe that there is a very fine line between love and lust. Though they meet in one common ground, they differ in how we see them. Love is affection that we give to someone to show them how much we care. Lust on the other hand is affection with a carnal orientation. You don’t love the person for who she is, you love them for their body or for something else. When you lust for someone it usually has a bad connotation. A lot of teens and youth now-a-days may face the same problem. They might not know how to distinguish one from the other. They might think its love but then it might turn out to be just a great infatuation or just lust. Someone should tell them that lust is a very dangerous thing to feel for someone else. It can lead do certain things that they might regret in the future. It is also a capital sin that we must avoid simply because it is bad.

With young love, we can’t just feel it right away. We think we love our partner whole heartedly but sometime that feeling of “falling in love” isn’t what it really seems to be. Sometimes the love we feel is not as pure as we think it is. This is lust. Just plain unpure love for someone we like. We like their looks, the shape of their body, their face, how they dress, and other physical features but we don’t take into consideration who they really are inside.

While I was looking for sources to base my blog on, I stumbled across this article from the internet that said:

“Lust is all centred around your 'sexual compatibility'. If your partner's face and physique fits your map of what's gorgeous, if they talk, move and communicate in a way that pushes your buttons, then you have lust. And I know how fantastic that feels!
However, if you lack the compatibility on other levels, then when the chemicals start to fade from your body, the lust will disappear and you'll be left with someone who you probably don't even fancy any more and certainly don't love.
Of course, it's possible to fall in love with someone and not be fully compatible - but that's another issue! What I'm really saying is that a relationship that's about lust is almost wholly based around the element of 'sexual compatibility'. And that's not enough for a truly loving relationship."



I totally agree with all that, “Lust is not enough for a truly loving relationship”. So, what can we do to save ourselves from committing this mistake? Well all I can say is that we need to take things slow and be patient with our relationship.


Sources:

• http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kzi2khIuBO1qzw0uno1_500.jpg
• http://www.therelationshipgym.com/love_or_lust.htm