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[race_jungle]

have decided that best way to read bible is out loud in spanish.

only five more days until spring break.

anyone want to comment on what they think it means to say i love you. just for the sake of discussion.

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[anonymous]

I think to say I love you always means I want to be with you. When I love you, I love at least one quality about you that I can pin down, it's not only some abstract "whole." I love you is I love who I am with you, and I love being accepted by you just as I am. I love you means you comfort me and help me relax, and I want to return the favor. I love you means we can sit around quietly and do nothing and not even notice anymore. I love you means I want you, and I want to make you happy. I would have to end it by saying, though, that I do not believe I love you means forever. Maybe it should, but I think it doesn't.
Love (really), Rachel

[anonymous]

The meaning of I love you is relative to the relationship in which it is expressed. For instance, saying I love you to a lover carries different connotations than when said to a sibling. However, there are constants contained within the phrase that are applicable in every relationship. The first is recognition. By saying I love you, you're telling the individual that you see them as beautiful, spiritual being created in the image of God who has been corrupted by the Fall. This leads to the second constant -- acceptance. Despite the sinful nature of the individual, you still love them. You are saying that love is not conditional. The third constant is loyalty. To say "I love you" is to publically declare that you are attached to that individual through hardship and happiness. It is a loyalty that once given is not lightly taken away. And with loyalty comes sacrifice. The level of loyalty demanded by love is a sacrificial one. Those sacrifices range from little daily things to the huge, I-would-die-for-you events