"The Greatest Love Is Rarely Merely Spontaneous"

I must be purposeful in my loving of others. This looks like church membership. This looks like covenanting to love and serve. Commitment and planning are needed. As I've pursued Suemi, I've learned this. I have to purpose to show love to her. I may want to, but little just happens when one is as passive as me. And the covenant of marriage brings clarity to my thinking as I consider the church covenant. Covenantal relationships are the context for deep, meaningful love of others. Spontaneity is over valued. Faithful resolve is under valued. May I be a young man like Jonathon Edwards who saw resolve and commitment as the context for love.