2006-11-30 15:46:32 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
"To give someone the power to destroy you and trust them that they won't"
I think this works in every kind of love and relationship.
2006-11-30 15:49:35 · answer #1 · answered by Andy W 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I, like you and many others are on that journey to find what is the true meaning of love is
most will give you the answer it is all about god, or about having children or finding somone that you consider your soul mate
but personally I think it is much deeper than that..
...and the meaning of true love is different for you as it is for me...
The fact of the matter is not even half of the worlds population will ever find out what the true meaning is...
I think when we die the meaning tells itself,
just like the story ended where it began...
2006-11-30 23:53:34 · answer #2 · answered by knowitall 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The best way to see what love is, is to take it away and witness the effects. A person can't live alone without some form of contact from a semi intelligent life form. He or she will just go crazy and commit suicide. The longing becomes discomfort, then pain, then anguish. This love is not just a feeling in your stomach when the cutest girl in class joins your study group. Its a psychological need. Human beings need other presences either to share emotion or (at a bare minimum) observe. Combine the mutual need for love with sexual attraction and whew... you get sparks. Fire. Nuclear fusion.
2006-12-01 00:03:57 · answer #3 · answered by Ellis26 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Love is like an eternal flame,
Once it is lit, it will continue to burn for all time.
Love isn't blind, it just only sees what matters.
Love is a moment that lasts forever...
You will know the real meaning of love when you fall in love.
If a tear fell from my eyes, everytime i wished you were with me
I would have a puddle of fallen wishes at my feet.
Through the wind I hear your voice, in the clouds I see your name.
Living life without you just wouldnt be the same
If you love someone more than anything,
Then distance only matters to the mind, not to the heart
2006-11-30 23:55:42 · answer #4 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 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. 1 Peter 1:22.
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.
2006-12-01 00:49:28 · answer #5 · answered by BJ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1 Corinthians 13:4-8 defines love this way: "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.
2006-11-30 23:52:03 · answer #6 · answered by greg_airious 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"'Love (agape) the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments." (Gospel of Matthew 22:37-41)
AGAPE Love - making the choice to love
Agape has been expounded on by many Christian writers in a specifically Christian context. In this Christian context, agape has been defined as an intentional response to promote well-being when responding to that which has generated ill-being
Many have thought that this word represents divine, unconditional, self-sacrificing, active, volitional, thoughtful love
2006-11-30 23:53:09 · answer #7 · answered by Gardener for God(dmd) 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Love is accepting someone for the way they are. It is a mutual respect where each person admires the other's positive qualities and accepts their negative attributes. Love is honesty and open communication. Love is supporting each others dreams and walking eachother through the triumphs and the failures.
2006-11-30 23:54:57 · answer #8 · answered by Pondering Princess 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Unconditional...Love is a spiritual connect!!!
Love is patient and is kind; love doesn't envy. Love doesn't brag, is not proud, doesn't behave itself inappropriately, doesn't seek its own way, is not provoked, takes no account of evil; doesn't rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
Love never fails...
But now faith, hope, and love remain-these three. The greatest of these is love.
2006-11-30 23:52:12 · answer #9 · answered by ? 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In religion, true meaning of love is a person you will love through proverty, through harsh times, and through tough moments. It is a person you will love and feel love for them even when you are old., and you will do anything to make them happy.... In other words, whe they are happy, you are. You care for them
2006-11-30 23:49:45 · answer #10 · answered by Andizzle Foshizzle 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
...In the Bible, love toward another person is an action, whether the feelings are there or not. In 1 Corinthians 13 we read: "love is patient, love is kind, and is not jealous, love does not brag and is not arrogant, does not unbecomingly, it does not seek its own, is not provoked, does not take into account a wrong suffered, does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices in the truth..."
...In Scripture to love God means to obey Him. In John 14:21 we read, "He who has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me; and he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and will disclose Myself to him."
2006-11-30 23:56:59 · answer #11 · answered by carson123 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋