My heart, my love…
Happy Valentine’s Day! It’s our national LOVE day. My boyfriend out did himself today, as more than one surprise present arrived at my work place. It brought a smile to my face. I felt happy…LOVED. As I pondered this feeling, I began to contemplate this very important four letter word. What is it? What does it mean? Is it a feeling? Is it learned, or is it innate? What exactly is… LOVE?
1 Corinthians 13:4-8 love defined:
Love is PATIENT
Love is KIND
Love does NOT envy
Love is NOT prideful
Love is NOT rude
Love is NOT self-serving
Love is NOT easily provoked
Love thinks NO evil
Love does NOT root for injustice
Love REJOICES for the truth
Love BEARS ALL things
Love BELIEVES (when no one else does)
Love HOPES (when all hope is lost)
Love ENDURES ALL things
Love NEVER FAILS
Love is a choice requiring sacrifice and commitment. So, today let’s not take this word lightly. It is not meant to be used in the same sentence as coffee, puppies or sunflowers. It is meant to be shared with each other. Love builds up the down trodden. Love strengthens the weak. Love NEVER fails.
So what am I thankful for today? Oddly not candy, flowers or presents. No, today I am thankful that TRUE love exists.
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Ashley I took the definition of love from the Bible 1 Corinthians 13. I have been learning a lot about real love lately, and trying to contrast what the bible says love is verses what mankind says love is. For the most part we (mankind) sees love as a reward. You treat me good, therefore I love you. But the definition from the bible says that love is unconditional, we love because… It should not be dependent on anything. I read a book a little while ago that made this whole thing so real to me. It was written by Sharon Ries, it’s called My Husband, My Maker. She talks about the unconditional she had to LEARN for her husband (she didn’t know how to love him). If you have specific questions please ask, this is very important subject to me. I think we don’t have a true understanding of the word, and therefore we don’t show love properly. But also we don’t expect to be loved properly. Thanks for the comment. Sorry for the long winded answer.