An obsession of being in a constant state of "in love" has swept over our culture like wildfire. It's nothing new; Hollywood has plastered picture-perfect scenarios in our minds and hearts for decades. That is what we want, so that is what they serve. It's beautiful but unrealistic.

I will be the first to stand up and confess my obsession of falling head-over-heels in love. I fawn over romantic scenes, cry over Mr. Darcy's beautiful lines of admiration, and sit and wonder if, and who, I will marry someday. These things are not bad at all but when we become obsessed with finding that perfect soulmate and thinking about every little detail of how, when, and who, it becomes a distraction.

And when it comes time for you to "fall in love", we have expectations that are through the roof and are disappointed when things don't line up with the picture we have in our heads. But that's OK because we can just break-up and start over, right? I mean that's what pop culture tells us.

We should desire to make being in love special and treat it as if it doesn't come around everyday. Love is not something to play with. When we throw around the three words we are all dying to hear, they lose weight and make falling/being in love a lot smaller than it should be.

But also sometimes, we tend to make feelings bigger than they actually are or pretend like feelings are there (even when they're not) because we are so in love with the idea of being in love. But are we really in love? Or do we just want to be in love?

In addition to wanting to be in love, we also just want to be loved. In our minds, if we can find that one person that will love us with everything, then we will be satisfied. But no person on earth will love you perfectly. The only one who will love us with everything is Christ. When we are having these feelings of needing to be "in love", this is God's call to come back to Him.

Falling in love is fun and beautiful. But we must not let it take the place of Him in our hearts.