What I didn’t realize was that, all the while, I was already loved. Despite my faults and my flaws, I was already accepted by One who was perfect. I sought affirmation and adventure and meaning in the dating game, and all the while that was just a secondary narrative to a bigger story I was called to be part of. Our earthly romantic relationships are supposed to be a reflection of, or a peek into, our eternal relationship with our Savior.f But I treated dating as something else entirely, selfishly loving myself rather than selflessly loving the person I was with.
