We cannot hasten love. Love is willing to wait-and it doesn't wait half-heartedly. It hopes to offer oneself as a great present when the right time comes. It puts effort by making itself better at the time of waiting. Love grows in its waiting season. It seeks to become the best version of itself and not just wait idly in a corner.
Love is patient- it stays true through many days and years without compromising. It doesn't take shortcuts but instead looks forward with hope of having the reward in the end.
A love that is not willing to wait is not love. It breaks easily, makes wrong decisions, hurts the people around it and always compromises. It is willing to choose temporary pleasure because it only wants instant gratification. It could be a passing admiration or a fleeting emotion but not love.
Waiting is uncomfortable. First it makes us excited, then anxious, slowly becoming worried and the next thing we know, we're exhausted. But I think, these things are normal. They are part of waiting. What's important is that we never stop working for what we are waiting for and we never stop looking forward to it. Being patient and being joyful in the waiting season is rather challenging and difficult, but when we think about receiving the fruit in the right time, we know that it's going to be worth it- love can wait.
-The Love Series, Café of Thoughts for Christ
