How To Know You're Loved
- Admin
- May 21, 2017
- 3 min read
It’s important that as we continue to grow and mature we understand the difference between healthy and unhealthy relationships and friendships.
Many times we can be in relationships and a person will tell you those three letter words “I love you” but those words are just words if there is not any action put behind the phrase. So how do you know if a person really loves you? Remember:
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not boast, it is not proud, it does not dishonor others, it is not self seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no records of wrong, Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. (1 Corinthians 13:4-8)
Here some questions you can ask yourself:
How do they demonstrate their love for you? Are they attentive to your needs? Do they try to better understand you or just want to get their point across?
What time have they sacrificed for the sake of the relationship? Or are they just squeezing you in their schedule when they get a chance? A person who loves you will be intentional about the time spent with you.
Do they show the fruits of the spirit? Are they kind, show compassion towards you and others? Are they patient with you or short tempered with you? Remember love is patient love is kind. It does not boast, it is not proud, it does not dishonor others.
A person who loves you is not going to talk down on you or try to make you feel inferior or try to make themselves look better. It's not self-seeking.
Are they constantly telling you half truths and manipulating you to making you think something that it's really not? Real love rejoices in truth and not lies.
Do they love themselves? I know this may sound strange but how can a person truly love you if they don’t love themselves? You can tell if a person loves themselves by how they take care of themselves. Self care is important. I heard someone once state “How you treat yourself is how you treat God because you are the representative of God in your life.” And once I thought about this statement I instantly agreed because your everyday life is an example of what God can do in someone else’s life. How do they poor back into themselves so they have something to give to others? Or are they constantly running on E? A person who is constantly running on E can become selfish because they are so concerned about their own needs being met that they simply do not have enough space to take anyone else’s needs into consideration. Refer back to my post “Unconditional Love”
Often times we can be so used to unhealthy dysfunctional relationships we aren’t aware of what a healthy relationship actually looks like on a day to day to bases.
Here are four tips to remember:
A person has to first love their selves before they can love anybody else. You’ll be surprised with how many people are unsatisfied with their self and hate their self.
If a person does not have proper self care how could they care for anyone else?
If you truly love someone you are not going to intentionally try to hurt them no matter the circumstance.
Use (1 Corinthians 13:4-8) (stated above) as a reference point or a standard to gauge the love someone has for you. Anything else outside of this truly just is not love.
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