Love, as it should be

I am beginning to see a pattern in my life. I tend to be utterly moved by a good book or movie, and tonight is not an objection. I have just finished watching the movie "Pride and Prejudice." It is most certainly a movie that is not to be watched unless the mood is observed, and the mood was perfect tonight.
I must preface though that I am also reading Jane Austin's original "Pride and Prejudice" in conjunction with viewing the movie this evening. (if my writing style hasn't already given me away). ;) By the by, I must write of a revelation I had while taking in the drama.
I used to think this movie was so sappy and silly and I must admit that quite some time has elapsed since I last saw it, a few years in fact. I used to think of this movie as nothing but a fairy tale that would never come true, yet I stand corrected. I witnessed tonight a love that I believe God put a desire in all us women since the beginning of time. A love based on integrity, honor, respect, and goodness of character; which in turn evolved into passion for one another.
In our current culture, relationships tend to skip all of the above and are based solely on passion, which in turn evolves into a form of impurity as each involved grows more and more obsessed with the other, making them each an idol to one another.
It is not until Elizabeth learns of Darcy's integrity as a man, the honor that he holds amongst his peers, and the utter respect he offers Elizabeth through out the story- even after she declines his hand in marriage the first time around; that she even begins to fall in love with him, let alone be remotely interested in him.
Where are our women who wont even consider a man until she knows his full character? I myself do not pretend to of fallen ill of this slip of the female heart, but in this moment, I feel God has given me great clarity on the matter. What an astounding display of love based on what truly matters. It is this love that I seek in my life, and I refuse to believe it to be a fairy tale. I am talking about true romance, which I am fully aware that I have with my sweet Savior already, but this post is being used tonight as a manifestation of my trust in Him, that He can bring this kind of love, because He is the author of it.
Now I must interject that I am not writing about a love that eludes hardship and problems, but of a love based on the Lord, on purity and everything that Jesus Christ stands for. For everything He died for on that cross, that we may experience His love and experience it abundantly. It is this kind of love that Jesus wants for each of us. One that protects, one that trusts and is trustworthy, one that honors the Lord in all aspects in both public and behind closed doors, one that aims to do good for the other instead of for themselves. Praise the Lord for scripting something so beautiful since before the beginning of time.
I am resolved to settle for nothing less than this love that God has so beautifully crafted with His own adoring hands.

Until inspiration hits me again...
Lovingly,
Kate