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what keeps my girlfriend and i together is that we are patient with each other... we've gone past that 'bliss period' that any relationship goes through, and now the hard part comes... we've had our arguements, differences, and challenges -- school and work schedules... and we've both asked ourselves, "why are we still in this?" [thankfully, we've both had the patience not to ask eachother that when we're mad at each other -- when we don't really have an answer...]

but i think the question that get's us out of it is, "why quit now?" we've been together for almost 2 years now, so why quit now? and i don't ask the question because i'm afraid of being alone, but because we're in love with eachother... like i said, love means patience, and understanding...

we've gone through so much in the past, and all we want now is to walk forward in our future together... why go our separate ways over one arguement?
okay, so we've been having more of them as of late... but that's because we haven't been able to see eachother as often as we'd like for the past couple months...

given our circumstances, she's surprised i'm still around... actually, given our circumstances, a lot of people are surprised that we're still together... i've had a few opportunities to end it all... but i love her...

love is not only the feeling i have, but it is my choice.
i choose to love her --to be all and do all that love entails and requires...

no matter what happens --
i choose to be patient, and to be kind --- not for my sake, but for the sake of our relationship.
i choose to love, as Jesus chose to love.
i choose to love her, as i choose to love the One who gave her to me.
-- for better or for worse.

Love is for the strong.
The strong realize that they are weak,
and that they need the Lord to do anything.

i don't believe that i am weak, because that would only be an invitation for 'bad things' to happen.

i believe that i am strong, because the Lord makes me strong.
i believe that i am strong, because she makes me strong.
i believe that i can love, because the Lord allows me to love.

i love her as i love my Lord --
with my heart,
my mind, and
my soul --
with ferver, and
with passion...

i continue to love, because she accepts the love that i can offer.

call it my proposal.