What is LOVE?

“And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.” – 1 Corinthians 13:13

Whether it be puppy love or believing that you have found the love of your life; it’s important to know its true meaning.

Love is a powerful emotion; one that we long to receive and to give, yet sometimes these emotions can create conflict and often pain. What’s important is to take those experiences and find the love in them because they help us connect with who we really are.

One thing in this life that you may not get is the love and acceptance from those whom you give it to; but I do know that true love never returns void and the love of Christ goes beyond what any man can give. We have a nature of measuring someone’s love for us to determine the authenticity of it; but God’s love cannot be measured because He is love. It starts with Him; and it will end with Him. If we continue to ask the Lord to speak to our heart; He’ll help us look beyond what our physical eye sees because He has seen it first and can direct us to its true meaning. And then we can embrace love freely; like falling back without looking but knowing that we’ll land gracefully.

Do you realize that your faith never looks as grand in summer weather as it does in winter?

Love is too often like a firefly, showing little light except when it is in the midst of surrounding darkness. Hope itself is like a star, not to be seen in the sunshine of prosperity, and only to be discovered in the night of adversity.

God gives us the perfect example of love; and only He can truly fulfill us.

God cares about our desire to find love and when we fully surrender that desire to Him, we can be released from the burden of making it happen ourselves. We were created in God’s image, therefore we must accept His perfect design. When we look for love outside of God’s design; we are asking for trouble. Surrendering and submitting to His will, with finding fulfillment in Him gives us the keys to finding true love and happiness.

Do you want to meet the love of your life? Look in the mirror.