I want to know what love is.
can anyone tell me ?
2006-11-15 06:07:18 · 30 answers · asked by jamnjims 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Love = Sacrifice.
2006-11-15 06:16:08 · answer #1 · answered by King 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can't *tell* you. But what I can do is point to what Jesus demonstrated about love:
Greater love has no man than this: that a man lay down His life for His friends - John 15:13.
In this was manifested the love of God toward us because that God sent His only begotten Son into the world that we might live through him - 1 John 4:9.
Herein is love - not that we loved God but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins - 1 John 4:10
2006-11-15 14:12:30 · answer #2 · answered by Carol L 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"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." - 1 chrinthians 13:4-8
2006-11-17 20:30:31 · answer #3 · answered by missprissy1004 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dear JamnJims: Love is of God. It isn't the heavier density of emotion that we humans, in our Intellect Consciousness call love.
It proceeds from our Creator to His Creations in our Reality of Spirit-Mind or souls. It is a lightness - but comes through with such a force of power that humans can be bent in half upon feeling it. The Creator's Mind has the Power of flow (flowing Thought) and the Power of feeling - likened to the magnification and speed of electromagnetics. From earth to the moon in 1 second !
It is non-sexual, but definitely an ecstacy. It is not delivered to individuals or bestowed upon one or the other. It is a generalized feeling and Thought that is delivered through the Kingdom to His One-ness and Whole-ness which we all make up, together, as One. Special-ness and exclusiveness do not exist within the true meaning of Love. The Father/God knows not of this. He can only see and look upon that which is like Himself. Same-ness receives His Love - in the package of One-ness.
The Ecstacy of Love bathes the Kingdom within every Created Spirit-Mind or soul. It's a rhythm or a frequency pulsating through the All of Creation - in our Reality.
In our Earthly Intellect, we substitute for it.
Best regards, Lana
2006-11-15 15:31:17 · answer #4 · answered by Lana S (1) 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You've received a lot of interesting answers to this question but to my way of thinking, the best one you've received so far describes love as "a verb." I fully agree. It is not some airy-fairy emotion, even in the romantic sense, but is the best and strongest motivation for ACTION. Thus, without question, love is a verb.
2006-11-15 14:15:12 · answer #5 · answered by gjstoryteller 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Our society confuses love and lust. Unlike lust, God's kind of love is directed outward toward others, not inward toward ourselves. It is utterly unselfish. True love demonstrates itself in actions of reaching out and giving to others.
1 Cor 13:4-7 Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud or rude. Love does not demand its own way. Love is not irritable and it keeps no record of when it has been wronged. It is never glad about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out. Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance.
2006-11-15 15:57:05 · answer #6 · answered by Freedom 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Love is a commitment. Love is many things, and really tough to answer. This is because english has only one word for many different types of love and this makes it hard for many people to understand (or even define) the various forms.
2006-11-15 14:12:09 · answer #7 · answered by Pirate AM™ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was in love once.she was perfect, of course she actually wasn't to the world. just to me. she was the most beautiful women I have ever seen, though one eye looked the other way.we never fussed at each other. she loved me and i loved her. we made love more then I thought there could possibly be time in a day to do it that many times. when she died. I miss her more then I can say.Love is love.you will know it if It ever happens.
2006-11-15 14:19:10 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Love is All That Is; it is self-existent, without beginning or ending; love only extends, never asks for anything, for it needs nothing but to share, to express, create, thus knows it has no needs. Love is the truth of who and what we are, beneath our dreams of being separate.
2006-11-15 18:17:46 · answer #9 · answered by Sky in the Grass 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Love is a pretty word for lust, passion and interest towards other persons capability in supporting financially.
2006-11-15 14:11:05 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋