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Lori Cline's Greatest Hits: Love LIES - Love Is Blind
Lori Cline
(Lifeword)
Aired on Feb 18, 2025
Show The Lori Cline Show
Feb 12, 2025
Duration:
00:03:55 Minutes
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Scripture

Ephesians 4:2-3

Love must not be blind, but compassionately honest, uplifting, and correcting when necessary.   #theloriclineshow   Interested in learning more about becoming a devoted follower of Christ? Go to follow.lifeword.org!   ~~~   Is it considered romantic to believe that love is blind? We’re looking all month long at love LIES we believe. If you believe your heart can always be trusted or all you need is love and that it’s always the other persons issue when it comes to conflict in relationships… you may want to know what truth we’ve discovered on those beliefs and dig deeper into what God has to say when it comes to love and the LIES we often believe. Discover more at lifeword.org.  Today I wanted to talk a little bit about the phrase, love is blind. Is love blind or is that a love LIE we sometimes believe? Why do we say ‘love is blind’? I don’t want to be blind to anything, I want to see what I need to see.    Many though fall in love with the IDEA of falling in love… they become so consumed with what THEY want, they become blind to what is best, what is real or what is true about a relationship. Love is blind when your heart falls for someone and suddenly the world only revolves around them. You’re surrounded by hearts and butterflies and they can do no wrong. Hearts become blinded by love.  Now my first thought with that goes to the first commandment where God said in Exodus 20 to have no other gods before me, meaning don’t put any man or woman on a pedestal to worship where they do not belong.  I call that infatuation and believe me reality WILL set in and reveal what is true. No one and no relationship is perfect or without flaws and no man or woman is to be worshiped.  God lays out what love looks like all throughout scripture.  No love should be blind in that it ignores what is true. Truth matters when it comes to love. Honesty and vulnerability give way to trust.  In every relationship we are to speak the TRUTH in love. Paul explains this more in Ephesians 4:15. When we walk in truth and love we model Christ and that leads to beautiful relationships that have a foundation of honesty, grace and love.  Ephesians 4:2-3 Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. This is a verse that was on our fridge for years. To this day it reminds me in my marriage to make humility, patience and truth a priority and expect the same from my husband. We bear with one another in love. That means we aren’t blind to anything. We are brutally honest about everything and our hearts, flaws and lives are first surrendered to God and then surrendered to one another.  Walking out love in this awareness and gentleness leads to so much peace and joy in our relationship and our home. That’s the way God designed it. That’s the truth. \ Don’t be blinded by love. Be fully aware of what is true. Know you are first loved by God and as you walk in that love, any other that comes your way you’ll see and know if it’s worth pursuing.  I’m Lori Cline.

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