Teenage Love

The teenage years. Ages 13 through 17. No longer a child, not yet an adult. A roller-coaster of emotions and a tornado of rushed feelings.

They say that teenagers don't know what love is; but they do. It is love, just a different kind of love than the love that adults share. But should that love change? The butterflies in your stomach, the constant thoughts of that one special person. The way you can barely contain how much you care for that one person. How much you want to be with them; what you'd give to know that they love you back. That is the love of teenagers.

But sometimes things can go too far. Teenage pregnancy? Premarital sex? It's wrong. No questions. That's not love; that's insecurity, looking for someone to 'love'. But when we hit adulthood, what happens to the thrill of love? The overwhelming care you have for someone, the butterflies, the willingness to share your love. Is it still there, or does it fade? Why?

If we all loved like children and teenagers, it would last longer. Maybe forever, if we were to live that long. The thrill of it never fades, as long as you remain in the arms of that person. The thundering heartbeats going 100 miles an hour, the butterflies in your stomach, batting their wings and tickling your insides. The dreams and thoughts of them, the longing to be with them.

The Lord says that the faith of a child is strongest. So have the faith of a child in love, and all will be ok, right? We will never know for sure, because love fades. It seems to disappear if not kept alive. Candlelight dinners and romantic music, love languages and roses. Family trips and bonding. Is it enough to keep the love of adults alive? If we all loved like teenagers, we wouldn't have to worry. Young love can survive through anything.