Love
Love and magic have a great deal in common. They enrich the soul, delight the heart. And they both take practice. (Nora Roberts, American author)
Everyone realizes that a good magician has to study, practice, and work hard to perform his sleight-of-hand tricks. We don’t often think of love that way, though. We view it as a romantic sentiment that comes over us in the presence of someone attractive and responsive. But lasting love requires more than emotion; it takes commitment and determined effort.
. . .the Lord appeared to his people and said, “I love you… with a love that will last forever. That is why I have continued showing you kindness” (Jeremiah 31:3).