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Chapter One: What’s So Amazing About Love?

Three things will last forever—faith, hope, and love—and the greatest of these is love.

1 Corinthians 13:13 (NLT)

What’s so amazing about love? Everything.

Isn’t that why our entertainment industry is saturated by romance? Isn’t that why soap operas are still alive and well today, even though the plots get more convoluted every year? It was reported that over 8 million viewers tuned in to watch the 2012 season’s finale of The Bachelorette—why? Because humans love a good love story, and most people want to believe in the fairy-tale ending of “happily ever after” and finding one’s true love.

Love is wonderful! It is better than the perfect summer day; more refreshing than a cold glass of water when you are hot; more soothing than a massage; more beautiful than the most famous painting; more exciting than the best amusement park ride; more motivating than the best personal trainer; and more inspiring than the latest motivational speaker. Love is so vital for every single human being that ultimately the desire to love and be loved supersedes most other earthly human pursuits.

As women, the desire to feel loved often trumps other relationship needs. To feel loved. Cherished. Special. Worth something. These feelings are so important to us that they feel almost as necessary to our ability to thrive as air, food and water.

We crave love. We seek it out. We celebrate it when it happens and grieve it when it is gone. But what we are wired for is more than just a wonderful romance. And it is more secure than the love of a best friend. True love (I can’t say those two words together without thinking of the movie The Princess Bride) is about so much more. The kind of love we crave deep down in the depths of our being is life-changing. It’s the answer we are all searching for.