After you define it, give me an example or a story of your own.
2007-12-05 08:27:15 · 13 answers · asked by tp 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Love is the unbearable, breath-stealing thought of not being able to live a single moment of your life without that person in it. You cherish every sigh they make, the lines in their forehead, even their off the wall humor. It is life complete.
I married my high school sweetheart. I was 14 and he was 15 when we started dating(if you call phone calls dating). We have been together a total of 22 years of which 16 years of marriage. He is my total soul mate through thick and thin. And I can't imagine a day when I am old and wrinkled sitting in my chair in an empty house wishing he was still here with me. It brings tears to my eyes now. I pray you experience that kind of love in your life.
2007-12-05 08:35:51 · answer #1 · answered by ? 2 · 2⤊ 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.
My wife and I have been married for 52 years, we have had our ups and downs, but our love for each other, we were able to always work things out. And we always had God's Word to help us.
2007-12-05 14:44:14 · answer #2 · answered by BJ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, love is an emotion, a feeling, a wanting, and a being.
Love is accepting.
Love is appreciating.
Love is wanting another to feel good.
We don't always express our love. Love is a feeling and the expression of that feeling is separate. It's an action. There's a practical reason we don't always express our love for another. It's an issue of TIME. If the expression of love was a core ingredient to love, we would have to be stingy with who we loved, because there simply wouldn't be enough time to demonstrate our love to everyone. If you see the distinction between the feeling and the expression, you can then love endless numbers of people.
Love expressed is when we give our attention, our time, our focus to someone.
The story of my life and love is not very good at the moment so better keep it to myself.
2007-12-05 10:49:48 · answer #3 · answered by Rosy-Rose 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The definition is found in 1 Corinthians 13. The truest examples of love are found in 2 John 1:6 and more importantly 1 John 4:10.
2007-12-05 08:34:44 · answer #4 · answered by mlcros 5 · 1⤊ 3⤋
* Do not think that love, in order to be genuine, has to be extraordinary. What we need is to love without getting tired.
Mother Teresa
* Good works are links that form a chain of love.
Mother Teresa
* I try to give to the poor people for love what the rich could get for money. No, I wouldn't touch a leper for a thousand pounds; yet I willingly cure him for the love of God.
Mother Teresa
* If we want a love message to be heard, it has got to be sent out. To keep a lamp burning, we have to keep putting oil in it.
Mother Teresa
* Intense love does not measure, it just gives.
Mother Teresa
* Love begins by taking care of the closest ones - the ones at home.
Mother Teresa
* Love is a fruit in season at all times, and within reach of every hand.
Mother Teresa
* Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier.
Mother Teresa
* The success of love is in the loving - it is not in the result of loving. Of course it is natural in love to want the best for the other person, but whether it turns out that way or not does not determine the value of what we have done.
Mother Teresa
2007-12-05 08:41:11 · answer #5 · answered by Giggly Giraffe 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Love is SACRIFICE.
Example: Christ's pain, suffering and death.
Understand that He didn't do it for sh!ts and giggles.
On a secular level it applies to us also. The more you love someone the more you are willing to sacrafice for them. There is no greater love than to give ones life for a friend.
2007-12-05 08:46:46 · answer #6 · answered by swindled 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
"love your enemies". I think love is more of an act than how we feel. Most of us don't deserve the feeling we think is love, but according to Christ, we all deserve the acts of love. He gave us the greatest example, "Father, forgive them, they know not what they do".
2007-12-05 08:42:44 · answer #7 · answered by expertless 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sheilla says the Heart is just a muscle
2007-12-05 08:31:45 · answer #8 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
An infectious song?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fu4p3HgpR4Q
2007-12-05 08:31:38 · answer #9 · answered by Skalite 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
a four letter word! LOVE, the end.
2007-12-09 08:21:45 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋