love will cost you

the longer I live

the more I am convinced

that love is not something you "fall" into

love requires

choices 

commitment

love demands

sacrifice

selflessness

love is not easy

love will cost you

over and over and over again

but the rewards

oh the rewards 

of loving 

of being loved

are definitely worth the cost

"Now may our God and Father himself, and our Lord Jesus, direct our way to you, and may the Lord make you increase and abound in love for one another and for all, as we do for you, so that he may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints."

1 Thessalonians 3:11-13