Makers Magazine - Spring 2024 - Flipbook - Page 45
The science behind the sensation of
being in love is both complex and
challenging to explain in a concise
manner. Nonetheless, having even a
simple understanding of the content
which forms and develops into
love as a whole is significant. The
unfortunate part is in our culture
not only do we use Hollywood to
incorrectly define and educate us
on what love is, but this is the same
place from which the ideology of
“me” over “we” is emphasized. One
would think after witnessing the
extensive amounts of divorces and
affairs which occur in Hollywood
our culture would put two and two
together and realize their idea of love
isn’t working.
THE SENSATION OF
falling in love
CAN FADE.
The truth is Hollywood is wrong
about love in more than one way, and
one of these ways relates to the high
divorce rates and broken marriages.
Love has nothing to do with emphasis
on the self, but rather emphasis on
the other. This is something science
can prove as every stage in the
process of love provided by Fisher
cannot be completed without another
individual. The truth is the sensation
of “falling in love” or stage 2 of the
love process can fade and will fade
if our culture continues to follow
Hollywood’s example rather than the
example it should.
While science explains how
the sensation of being “in love”
occurs and how this develops
into love itself, it does not
explain the origin of love. The
origin of love not only provides
an answer on what love should
look like, but it also provides
the prime example. God is the
essence of love and in Genesis
it explains He created us,
humankind, in His image, and
because we fell into sin we were
separated from Him eternally.
However, in John 3:16 it states
“For God So loved the world He
gave His only begotten son that
whosoever believes in Him shall
not perish, but have everlasting
life.”
This scripture passage not
only displays the origin of love
and how He loves, but the
ultimate example of love which
was Jesus Christ. It is through
the sacrificial death and then
resurrection of Christ that our
sins were covered and we were
reunited with God. Yet, in all
of this He’s shown us love is
nowhere near about “me” but
about “we”.
LOVE IS NOWHERE
NEAR ABOUT
me but about we.
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