You can begin to see someone as a product to be used by you instead of a person to be loved by you. Here is the most sinister part. It not only dehumanizes them, but ultimately it dehumanizes you. Rather than love people, you want to use people. You were made for more than that. When we know God, we are meant to be a conduit of his grace to others. We leverage our lives to build other people up for the glory of God. We do not leverage other people’s lives to further ourselves. That is no subtle difference.
In reference to a consumer mentality in dating
