Patience to Keep Your Heart Eyes Open
One might say that with respect to patience, there are two kinds of people: patient people and impatient people. Probably, in reality we are patient with…
Author: Rachel Wood
Rachel is a singer, songwriter and limerence survivor who first experienced romantic obsession at the early age of 6 years and as a teenager suffered severe depression from rejection in limerence. Only her faith in Jesus gave her the strength to keep going, knowing He had much more for her life. She has three children, two living and one in heaven, and strives to train them in love for Jesus as the all-sufficient King and faithful friend.
Peace As You Take Heart
Peace is an amazing gift from God. Despite the many dangers, worries, stresses and things we cannot control in life, believers in Christ can be at…
Joy: Worship in Every Heart Language
Joy is second in the list of qualities which Paul writes are present in the Fruit of the Spirit. As we learn to love God and…
Love With All Your Heart and Soul
Jesus commands His followers firstly to love God and secondly to love others in Matthew 22:37-40. By definition, limerence presents a direct conflict with this command…
Hope in Grief, Joy in Mourning
Today, if you are struggling in limerence, you may be experiencing mixed feelings about the holidays. The Christmas festivities are over and New Year’s Day is…
Redemption from Shortfalls
I know I am not alone in having felt like I made too many mistakes in limerence. Trying to be perfect makes such mistakes inevitable, because…
Freedom from Temptation
Suffering makes us especially susceptible to temptation to sin. In our hardest moments, we desire any form of relief or comfort. If we are desperate enough,…
Comfort from the Holy Spirit
Many of us know firsthand the deep anguish of rejection in limerence. It can be just as difficult to feel hope again following that rejection as…
Unique Strengths and Weaknesses
As we near the holiday season, the struggles in limerence may be more difficult to handle than in other times of the year. For the next…
An Eternity of Longing
Limerence is fraught with longing for requited affection. The longing is so great that any path not seen as progressing toward that goal is quickly turned…