💔 Just because it’s love… doesn’t mean it’s God.

“If love has to keep breaking you, it’s not from God.”

That kind of love is not biblical. It’s trauma. It’s confusion.

Real love heals. It protects. It builds you.

📖 1 Corinthians 13:7 —

“Love always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.”

If it’s not always doing that… it’s not love.

If God sent it, you wouldn’t be questioning your worth to keep it.

👇 Drop a 💔 if you’ve ever confused intensity for intimacy.

Tag someone who’s choosing peace over pieces this season.

#DMsAndDevotionals #ChristianHealing #GodlyLoveOnly #FaithOverFeelings #PeaceOverPieces

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