The Illusion of Love

I'm starting to truly believe that there is no such thing as love. Love was just a word created to make feel as if we were cared about. For some of those lucky enough to believe that they have found this "love" take heed in where you place your trust and heart because you might just find both of them broken. I believe that the Lord is the only one that actually cares enough about us to say that love does exist, but here on earth we as humans are not capable of handing our entire heart over to one person to even begin to think that love exists.
Every generation gets worse. We are violating the sacred institution that is marriage with our high divorce rates. If you "love" someone then you shouldn't divorce them. I'm not saying that there aren't cases where divorce is necessary, but these numbers are crazy! More than a fourth of marriages with in the last ten years have ended in divorce. Marriage is supposed to be a commitment to one another for love, but as I said before I'm starting to believe that people are not capable of truly loving one another and giving ourselves completely over to just one person. Maybe our elder generations lived in a world where love existed, but in today's age if love existed then we wouldn't be fighting these wars. We wouldn't turn on the news and once again hear about murders that were committed for money, or people getting raped or abused. We wouldn't have to hear about our family and friends committing suicide.
If love existed in this day and age then those types of things wouldn't happen. If we cared enough about the world then we would embrace it, but instead we destroy it. We destroy our homes, our friends, family, and ourselves. It's hard to live in a world where all you see and hear about are hate related crimes. So if love existed then where did it go, and why are we destroying everything?
I hate hearing teenagers say they love someone, its not true. I even to begin to count the times I've heard my friends say they loved someone so much that they would die for them, or it would kill them if they lost that person. It's crazy how teens exaggerate their feelings. It's not how they truly feel. Its how they think they feel. Countless people have told me to say the words I love you often, but why should I if I don't me it? What is the point of it?

Micheala