beauty is only skin deep

Beauty is not everything.  I mean I do not classify myself as an amazingly attractive woman (I'm not trying to get sympathy, trust me).  I know we all have the question of will I be physically attractive to my future spouse?  Will they be physically attractive to me?  I mean, face it, the physical attraction is a plus, don't get me wrong.  But is it what sustains us in relationships?  You always hear about the gushy feelings that people feel when they fall in love and sometimes wonder if that can really happen to you?  I have had these questions.  Is that ever going to happen to me?  Am I ever going to have that lovey-dovey feeling everyone always talks about?  Am I physically attractive enough to be appealing to my future husband?  I mean, who does not have these thoughts?  I have met the most beautifully attractive women who have wondered if there is a guy out there that will be attracted to them.  Come on!  You're a model!! Of course, they are!  But, this is one thing that we do all worry about but if you look under the surface, then you have the inner beauty that everyone craves for.  When you are 90-years-old, is beauty going to be the sustainability of your relationship or is going to be how that person makes you feel the greatest love you have ever felt?  So many people base their thoughts on love on how much they feel about that person.  But there are days when those feelings aren't there because there may have been a fight or something.  How is your relationship going to sustain  now that there is no feeling?  Too many guys and girls get caught up in the fact that the feeling has faded so that must mean the relationship is no longer worth working on.  This is not true.  I may not be in a relationship right now, but I know what God sees as a fulfilling relationship and giving up is not an option.  I'm not saying that the person you are dating now may be your spouse for the rest of your life but if you do not try to work on that relationship, you're only setting yourself up for failure.  My question is do you want a relationship set up on the foundation of the greatest love that anyone has ever known, or getting that emotional lovey-dovery feeling met at that time?  Just think about it.