MatureLove is the ability to give love. It is therefore FreeWill-driven love governed by BiblicalLovePrinciples and makes possible the AuthenticLove we were designed to experience.

FreeWill is what distinguishes AuthenticLove and MatureLove from InheritedLove, or the InstinctualLove experienced by animals. MatureLove sets its own terms for love by FreeWill, unlike ImmatureLove which defines love in those terms imposed by parents, instinct or surroundings, and cannot rise above imitation and reaction--this is a phenomena observed for decades by [[Wikipedia:Behaviorism|Behaviorists]], beginning with [[Wikipedia:Ivan_Pavlov|Pavlov's dogs]] in the 1890s. GodlyLove requires deliberate FreeWill, because it is unnatural and generally unavailable as an option among humanity. love for the first time.... THIS IS WHY IT FEELS SO WEIRD & REQUIRES SPECIAL ATTENTION / EFFORT / STRENGTH / EMPOWERMENT FROM THE HS... __Practicing MatureLove results in EmotionalMaturity.__