To love is not just only an emotion; it also requires a decision.
So whether the emotions are high or dry, the decision is to keep on loving and with that then love can be strengthened.
So love is an emotion, and more so a decision.
When it comes to temptation, it can be said that it is a distraction.
A temptation distracts us from the decision that we have made to a commitment.
The 1st reading states clearly that we cannot oscillate between a decision to be committed to God and yet entertain the distraction of the temptation to sin.
The 1st reading even urges that besides making a decision with our minds and hearts to commit ourselves to God, we should make every part of our body into a weapon fighting on the side of God.
So it is a dedication of the mind, the heart and the body to a commitment to God.
May we always make the decision for God and let us ask the Lord our God to help us stay firm on that commitment.
And may we also not let other temptation distract us from our decision.