Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, and it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, and always perseveres. Love never fails...
And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.
1 Corinthians 13:4-8, 13
Most of us know these verses or have even heard parts or a friend quoted them on Facebook. A lot of us perceive that we know true love, but have never felt the warm sensational embrace of which it has originated from. A lot of us proclaim to have experienced the LOVE, but don't know the Father or even deny His favor. How is it that we feel that we can show true love to one another without knowing and believing the ultimate act of love that was nailed to the cross? I'm not just talking about love for your partner, but love for one another. How many of us can say we have never fell short of loving everyone no matter what, no matter what pain they've caused? I know I can't. In the end, the backbone of our emotions at some time or some point will get in the way. But there is always hope, there is rehab to this disease. And the rehab center is in Him. Knowing, believing, understanding, and committing to His word will set you free. If you think about it, the Bible is all a true love story, starting with creation and companionship to rescue and salvation to healingsand resurrection. It even has love songs in it for you. Great example the book Song of Solomon:
Place me like a seal over your heart, like a seal on your arm; for love is as strong as death, its jealousy unyielding as the grave. It burns like blazing fire, like a mighty flame.
---Song of Solomon 8:6
This entire book, front to back, is a love story for you and I both, for everyone. So what I am saying is, how can we understand something like true love without knowing its origin? How can you say that you love one person but not another when it says in 1 Cor. 13:8 " love never fails..." If you fail to love another but claim to have true love... that is just hypocrisy? Love never fails, that means there is love for everyone.
So I leave you with this final scripture:
We love because he first loved us. If anyone says, "I love God," yet hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen. And he has given us this command: Whoever loves God must also love his brother.
Again John reiterates these points concerning love. The reason why we love is because God loved. (1John 4:11) There are those who only give lip service saying that they "love God" but demonstrate hatred towards fellow Christians. When it comes to love, don't go simply by what people say. (And just as an aside, this is one reason why husbands are often reluctant to say "I love you", because it is such a vain and shallow way of expressing love.) But concerning the love of the brethren, once again I point out what Jesus said, "A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another. “John 13:34,3
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So God, I thank You for creating love. Such a beautiful, wonderful thing. The love that we show is nothing compared to what You show us. I ask that You continue to bless us with Your pure love. You are so amazing God. Thank You once more Father.
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