What Does God Say About Crushes?

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Crush: A burning desire to be with someone whom you find attractive and extremely special (Urban Dictionary).

**Clears throat** First of all, this is sort of like a confession moment for me. The thing is, I'm the kind that have a crush on just about anybody. Let him be tall, have great abs, be good at playing any musical instrument, them I'm just automatically gonna crush on him, (it becomes serious if he's also boxed up, lol, God forgive me, amen!). Like, it doesn't take my heart so much of a long time before it starts to "feel" or "care" for someone. But most of the time, they all end up just being an infatuation. I'm sure several of you guys are like me too, so what is God saying about crushing on somebody?

"Now David's son Absalom had a beautiful sister named Tamar. And Amnon, her half brother, fell desperately in love with her. Amnon became so obsessed with Tamar that he became ill. She was a virgin, and Amnon thought he could never harm her. So, Amnon lay down and pretended to be sick. When Tamar arrived at Amnon's house, she went to the place where he was lying down so he could watch her mix some dough. Then she baked his favorite meal for him. Then he said to her, 'now bring the food into my bedroom and feed it to me here.' So Tamar took his favorite food to him, but as she was feeding him, he grabbed her and demanded, 'come to bed with me, my darling sister'. She obliged, but he raped her. Then suddenly Amnon's love turned to hate, and he hated her even more than he had loved her.". 2 Samuel 13. You can read up the rest of the story from your Bible.

As a matter of fact, crush led to 'love', then to deceit, and to rape, hate, and rejection. Having a crush on someone starts small, but if we are not careful about it, it would control the way we think and lead us unto destruction. Sincerely, crushes are just people that are meant to come and go,no biggie about them. I can't count the number of crushes I've had just this year, let alone my entire life. You see, if I have nursed every crush and dated everyone of them, I can only imagine how miserable my life would have become.

So, dear brothers and sisters, having a crush isn't bad, but try as much as possible not to nurse that ephemeral feeling that wouldn't even stand the test of time. At the right moment, the love of your life would show up, and you would know it. Please do not kill you spirit because of a pleasure of seven minutes. God bless you, Shalom.

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Unknown said…
😕😕😕 Call her the crusher... Nice message tho
3 December 2015 at 22:32
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