Is it truly better to have loved and lost, than never loved at all?

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Is it better to have loved and lost?


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levitaingrid

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#61
The only good thing is that now that I know how it is to love and be loved I know that I can fight to never let it happen again, because it hurts too much. It still feels like I lost part of myself and I have to lie all the time to me and everybody else and pretend I'm fine, but I still think and remember the good times all the time and so I remember I'm all by myself again. If I didn't experience that love I would still want to know it, that's why I chose "sometimes".
 

Justcuz

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Jul 6, 2012
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#62
today i found out my parents finally decided to get a divorce. the final straw. im sorry i snapped and posted this all over the forum. thank you. gb


 
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simplyme_bekah

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#63
I think to love and to have lost teaches our heart something very important. I think we are all suppose to go through this. I think its a part of the bigger picture. I would personally take that love and run with it for as long as it last and enjoy every single moment of it. Then it becomes a bittersweet memory.
 
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flight316

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#64
All my loves, with the exception of one. I wish I had never met her. To be with someone that is so perfect for you, then to not be with her any more is so devastating.
 

Liamson

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Feb 3, 2010
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#65
"It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." Teddy Roosevelt

"Criticism is necessary and useful; it is often indispensable; but it can never take the place of action, or be even a poor substitute for it. The function of the mere critic is of very subordinate usefulness. It is the doer of deeds who actually counts in the battle for life, and not the man who looks on and says how the fight ought to be fought, without himself sharing the stress and the danger." More Theodore Rex.

Love and Love some more. Do not regret Losing or winning, regret having no stake in fortune of your own heart.
 
Dec 6, 2012
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#66
It depends on how you define 'better'.

Is it a great feeling to fall in love? Yea. It's an eye opener.

But when it ends there is no worse feeling in the world. Torturous.

Personally, years ago I would have said yes, it is better and it's worth it. But honestly, now I'd say no. It leaves a scar. And it never goes away. Wheyher it be fear, loe self esteem or the inability to trust someone.

I'd rather have never had to go through it all.

It teaches a person. And it makes a person more insightful. It can make you cynical, or understanding.

There are good things about it,and bad things.

And it only truly ever happens once. It's never the same after the first time.
 
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Catlynn

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#67
Absolutely.

I realize, now, that I've only ever been in love once and that one time changed so much for me. I learned so much about myself and others from that experience and it ultimately led to a huge transformation in my heart and my relationship with God. Things didn't work out between us but it has definitely left a lasting impression that I wouldn't trade for the world. ^_^
 
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Indubitably

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#68
I say AMEN to Catlynn. Until this morning, I thought I had loved and lost. Then God worked a miracle and He turned it all around for His glory and my best. Better to have loved and lost.. absolutely, definitely, Indubitably!

God is good - all the time. God is faithful - every time. God answers prayer - right on time! HALLELUJAH!!!
 

PopClick

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Aug 12, 2011
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#69
I say AMEN to Catlynn. Until this morning, I thought I had loved and lost. Then God worked a miracle and He turned it all around for His glory and my best. Better to have loved and lost.. absolutely, definitely, Indubitably!

God is good - all the time. God is faithful - every time. God answers prayer - right on time! HALLELUJAH!!!
YAY! That sounds wonderful. :D

Gahhh! Now I want to hear the whole story! But only if you want to share, of course.