2006-10-20 15:27:31 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
1John 4:8 He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
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and why I had a good example of love given to me
Eph 2:4 But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,
2006-10-20 15:31:11 · answer #1 · answered by Noble Angel 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Love is the bond we feel with another living being. The type of love depends on the dynamics between the parties in question. I have maternal love for my son, familial love for my parents and sister and other family members, and romantic love (the best by far, in my opinion) with my special someone. There is also love for friends, and animals, and of course a love for humanity that we should all have. It is very powerful in my life, this thing called love.
2006-10-23 08:57:08 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Without a doubt, true love is appreciated wherever we go. The love that can make a real difference in life is that described by the Bible writer Paul: “Love is long-suffering and kind. Love is not jealous, it does not brag, does not get puffed up, does not behave indecently, does not look for its own interests, does not become provoked. It does not keep account of the injury. It does not rejoice over unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails.”
Yes, “love never fails.” Love heals. Love unites. Love is shown not just by words but by unselfish actions. Love has a pure motive. Paul also wrote: “If I give all my belongings to feed others, and if I hand over my body, that I may boast, but do not have love, I am not profited at all.” If we make sacrifices or give gifts just to be seen by others, then from God’s viewpoint it is in vain.
Jesus put it this way: “When you go making gifts of mercy, do not blow a trumpet ahead of you, just as the hypocrites do . . . that they may be glorified by men. Truly I say to you, They are having their reward in full. But you, when making gifts of mercy, do not let your left hand know what your right is doing.” Yes, love does not boast or brag.
What Is Love?
One description of love is ‘a feeling of warm personal attachment or deep affection, a warm fondness or liking for another.’ It is a quality that moves people to work for the good of others, sometimes at great personal sacrifice. Love, as it is described in the Bible, involves both the mind and the heart. The mind, or intellect, plays a role because a person who loves does this with his eyes open, recognizing that he and other humans that he loves all have weaknesses as well as attractive qualities.
The intellect is further involved since there are those whom a Christian loves, sometimes, perhaps, against his natural inclinations, because he knows from his reading of the Bible that God wants him to do so. Still, love basically comes from the heart. Genuine love as it is revealed in the Bible is never merely intellectual. It entails deep sincerity and full emotional commitment.
People who are selfish at heart are rarely capable of a truly loving relationship because a person who loves is prepared to put the interests of another ahead of his own. (Philippians 2:2-4) Jesus’ words “there is more happiness in giving than there is in receiving” are especially true when the giving is an act of love.
Love is a powerful bond. It often includes friendship, but the bonds of love are stronger than those of friendship. The romantic relationship between a husband and his wife is sometimes described as love; however, the love that the Bible encourages us to cultivate is more enduring than physical attraction. When a couple truly love each other, they remain together even if a physical relationship is no longer possible because of the infirmities of old age or because one of them is incapacitated.
2006-10-20 23:13:33 · answer #3 · answered by BJ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
" Love" will break the bonds of" hate", that is the power it possess!
Love comes from the heart, and is an emotion that keeps on giving, it is without end.
Love is inspite of, because of, no holds bar of....it just IS.
2006-10-21 00:31:11 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Love is the most powerful, wonderful force I have ever felt. I can't decribe it and I can't describe the reasons, but I know it's there.
2006-10-20 22:29:09 · answer #5 · answered by Demon Doll 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Love suffers long, and is kind; love envies not; love vaunts not itself, is not puffed up, does not behave itself unseemly, seeks not its own, is not provoked, takes no account of evil; rejoices not in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails: but whether there be prophecies, they shall be done away; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall be done away. For we know in part, and we prophesy in part; but when that which is perfect is come, that which is in part shall be done away.
When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I felt as a child, I thought as a child: now that I am become a man, I have put away childish things. For now we see in a mirror, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know fully even as also I was fully known. But now abideth faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest of these is love
2006-10-20 22:33:56 · answer #6 · answered by arewethereyet 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I love simply because I am loved and it is in me to love. It is hard to explain. It is what I feel, what I do, and who I am.
2006-10-20 22:29:55 · answer #7 · answered by Debra M. Wishing Peace To All 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Romantic love just happens and sweeps people away...with children when born it seems automatic to love them...theyre part of us...Yes it is strong..
2006-10-20 22:30:52 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Love to me is a good beau hunk!
2006-10-20 22:30:39 · answer #9 · answered by WhyNotAskDonny 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
love is a combination of physical attraction, pairbonding, and codependency
2006-10-20 22:34:47 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋