true love

Being a woman, I picture being in love, true love, as a perfect Jane Austen story or Bright Star without the lover dying.

But today, I pictured love and the perfectness of love as sharing the love of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints; wanting to live the Gospel and wanting the blessings of the temple and of living righteously together in patience with each other.

I want to be in love someday with a man who wants to help me and who wants help to get to the Celestial Kingdom.

Don't get me wrong, I still want a nice little romance like in the books. But mostly, I look for a guy who loves the Lord and loves Heavenly Father. I want to be with someone who looks for the opportunities to serve people and to serve his family and most importantly, Heavenly Father and His Son, Jesus Christ.

True love to me, is loving the Gospel together and wanting the blessings that come from an eternal marriage, but also wanting those blessings for the other person and wanting to share eternity loving someone with your whole heart. I hope I can love someone like that; with a love that almost causes strain on my heart because it's so lovely.

love, Maddie Violet