Crushes

I am thinking about are crushes, we have all had them. You know what I am talking about those butterflies while admiring someone from afar, and day dreaming about the “what-ifs”. And is this wrong? No I don’t think so; I think it is very normal, for single people to have crushes. What does the Bible have to say on this? Well the closest I could find is in 2 Timothy 2:22 “So flee youthful passions and purse righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart.” So again, I think it is very natural, but at the same time “crushes” are “youthful”. Youthful, naïve, childlike, and therefore should be outgrown.
A crush is very naïve, in the sense that you don’t really know the person, hence admiring them from afar. And as we develop as people, as Christians, and within relationships these crushes need to be fled from. Relations cannot be built upon a crush; they do need to be built on knowing one another, not being naïve on who the other person is. Time and understanding need to be invested. I am not saying that attraction shouldn’t be there, but it should not be an immature infatuation. Relations are built on “righteousness, faith, love and peace”.