Love is simple but complex word that conveys a different meaning from person to person. Ask 10 different people and you will get 10 different responses. Even for those of us who will get deep and define love as "God" according 1 John 4:7,8 the love of God is still defined and understood in different ways. Some feel that God loves them most when things are well with them. Still there are some in the world who have concluded that God NO LONGER loves them because of the difficulties they are experiencing in life.
Some define love by actions - what someone does for you defines how much they love you. While still others feel that love is expressed by intangible commitment and faithfulness. The problem intensifies when there are people who are in a relationship based on "love" but possess different definitions of love.
A parent who defines love as "discipline" and a child who defines love as "trust" could present significant challenges.
As well as a husband who defines love as "provision" and a wife who defines Love as "respect" can lead to definite frustrations.
I believe that LOVE is misunderstood, and underappreciated. And if we could ever know LOVE we would love LOVE even more. And be able to give and convey LOVE properly! But its hard to express that which you have not truly experienced.
Have you experienced LOVE?
How?
When?
What did it look or feel like?
How do YOU define LOVE?
Let me hear from you...
(Read 1 Corinthians 13)
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Have you experienced LOVE? Yes
ReplyDeleteHow? By accepting the Lord Jesus Christ as my personal Lord and Savior.
When? October 27, 1993 in a wednesday night bible study.
What did it look or feel like? It felt like a light came on inside me. The rejection that I was struggling with left and I felt like I actually meant something to God.
How do YOU define LOVE? Love to me is based upon a choice. I choose to Love you not based on what you can do for me, but for rather who you are. It is not based upon an emotional feelings or looks. Love is being selfless at its core function. You cannot buy, control, manipulate nor force love. It has to be given to you. Love has no hidden motives, nor hidden agendas but true love will cause the receiving person over time to want to love not for what you can do for them, but because of the love that is given.
Let me hear from you...
I love you Bishop... and there is nothing you can do about it..... Min. TJ
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ReplyDeleteWOW! This is such a simple question, yet it so hard to define. Everyone has their own opinion of love and the danger in that is if the two cannot agree then they will claim that the other does not love them. Have I experienced love, YES. My first love experience was with my parents! My mom and dad showed me parental love and guidance and they were my first representative of Jesus, (praise God they know the Lord and had a relationship with Him). They guided me to Jesus and I accepted Him and I experienced agape love. Someone who truly loved me without pretense or motives. And I have had the pleasure to experience love with my husband. My father taught me how a man should love a woman and I found a man who can truly love me as Christ loves the church!
ReplyDeleteLove is a beautiful thing! It keeps us going, it gives us hope, it bears all things. When we let the Lord love us as only He can then we can give love on a tangible level to others in the same manner.
That's my two cents :)
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