There is no I in love
The
world tells us that love is a chemical reaction between two people, but what
happens when there is only a reaction on one side or when the chemical reaction
goes away are we still in love. Could love be more than a feeling? I say yes.
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If this is what love is I don’t want to love.
If love is just a chemical reaction then,
then why do people stay together through hard times? Is there a chemical
reaction then?
A friend of mine shared a song with me the other day, its about someone
asking his parents what is love? His parents are getting a divorce he asks is
love giving up because if it is he doesn't know what love is.
Nevershoutnever - WHAT IS LOVE?
And what is love?
What is love?
Love-e-e-e-e
See, I don't know anymore;
I used to look up to that love.
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The author of love. God is love
The bible is God’s word and in 1 John 4:8 it says “God is love” so what
better why to discover what love is than to read a book by the one who is love.
1 Corinthians 13 4-7 (The Message) “If I speak with human eloquence and
angelic ecstasy but don’t love, I’m nothing but the creaking of a rusty gate.
If I speak God’s Word with power, revealing all his mysteries and making
everything plain as day, and if I have faith that says to a mountain, “Jump,”
and it jumps, but I don’t love, I’m nothing. If I give everything I own to the
poor and even go to the stake to be burned as a martyr, but I don’t love, I’ve
gotten nowhere. So, no matter what I say, what I believe, and what I do, I’m
bankrupt without love.”
(Normally I will not use the message as a translation because it is more
of a paraphrase but in this case I feel like it is written in a beautiful way
and gets my point across more clearly)
1 Corinthians 13:4-7
New International Version (NIV)
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not
envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily
angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.
Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always
hopes, always perseveres.
Love
Love is Patient……. even when that
person won’t shut up. Even when your brother still drinks right out of the milk
carton, even when this is the 100th time you told your kids to clean
their room and it’s still not done.
Love is kind…….. to your mother and
father, to that kid who sits alone at lunch, to the old man on the side of the
street begging for food.
Love does not envy…….. Your
neighbors car, your friends cloths, your brothers family.
Love does not boast…….. About your
grades, your promotion, your child’s achievements
Love is not Proud………. You’re not
better than that person in jail, the person with no job, or the person who
struggles through school.
Love does not dishonor others…….
Even when they make us mad, don’t do what we want, or hurt us.
Love is not self-seeking……. It
looks to serve your wife/husband, puts your child’s needs before your own,
giving of yourself to make someone else happy.
Love is not easily angered……. At
your boss, your friend who keeps on rubbing that win in your face, your wife
who keeps on nagging, your husband who won’t listen.
Love does not keep record of
wrong……. Of all the time you were hurt, of the times you were wronged.
Love does not delight in evil……. Even if you
don’t like that person, even when they deserve it.
Love rejoices with the truth……..
even if it hurts
It always protects, always trusts, always
hopes, always perseveres.
-Love is a sacrifice
Jesus
died on the cross so that we can have life and have it to the fullest. And this
was no easy death either, he was wiped till his skin was falling off, a crown
of thorns was placed on his head, he was nailed to the cross and hung there,
they broke his legs and stabbed him in the side. And he did that after we spat
in his face and told him how much we hate him. If that doesn't speak volumes to
you I don’t know what will.
Jesus
Christ sacrificed his life for us, and for that we should be eternally grateful. The bible tell us to be imitators of God
Ephesians 5:1-2 “Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave
himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.”
So let my life be the
proof,
The proof of Your
love
Let my love look like
You and what You're made of
How You lived, how
You died
Love is sacrifice
So let my life be the
proof,
The proof of Your
love
FOR KING &
COUNTRY-The Proof Of Your Love
-Bible verses on love
Romans 8:37-39 No, in
all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am
sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor
things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all
creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our
Lord.
Romans 13:8 Owe no
one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has
fulfilled the law.
Ephesians 4:2 with all humility and gentleness, with
patience, bearing with one another in love,
1 John 4:7 Beloved,
let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born
of God and knows God.
Ephesians 4:2-3 with all humility and gentleness, with
patience, bearing with one another in love, eager to maintain the unity of the
Spirit in the bond of peace.
Philippians 2:2
complete my joy by being of the same mind, having the same love, being
in full accord and of one mind.
1 John 3:18 Little children, let us not love in word or talk
but in deed and in truth.
Psalm 63:3 Because your steadfast love is better than life,
my lips will praise you.
Proverbs 10:12 Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all
offenses.
Proverbs 17:17 A
friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
God is not a white Man-Gungor
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