Love the lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind and love your neighbor as yourself. I have this tattooed down my left side close to my heart so I don’t ever forget. This was the most painful tattoo I have ever gotten. I think that is for a reason.
Ok now we know the words and that word in particular but do we know what it means. The definition of Love is a many varied thing. Webster’s defines it as an intense feeling of deep affection. I think we can all get behind that. Whether we are talking about your significant other, your family, favorite pet, or even something as silly as a 2013 Harley Davidson Road Glide lol. We have all felt that deep affection that long to be near to something we love. Doing something we love with someone we love.
Love is also a verb. It means to have a deep attachment to. We characterize this as in something we do. I love you or you love me or we love them. It is a feeling put into action. To show them love. Maybe it’s a hug, lord knows I am a hugger. It may be expressed by buying them gifts, taking them on trips, or just spending time with them. Love is also acceptance. Unconditional love, loves no matter the circumstances. No matter the time line or the obstacles true love never dies it never gives up and it never goes away. I think we all know what it means to show someone love or at least what it feels like when someone shows us love. The warmth in your heart, the goosebumps, the excitement, that feeling of euphoria that we hope never goes away.
There is also another definition of the word Love and I think it may be the most important and underused of them all. Love: a person or thing that one Loves. God is love and God loves us so we are love. You and I are the definition of love. How does that grab you, how does it make you feel that you are the definition of what humans desire more than anything else? Love is the greatest gift that God give us. He gave us love showed us how to love and ultimately made us the definition of love. The Bible says if a man has hate in his heart then he is not of God for God is Love.
I think our world today is in a scary place. With so much hate so much animosity and division. We need to get back to love. Do you love someone? Do you show them love? Most importantly when people look at you from the outside do they see Gods love? Once again these are inner struggles I have as a person. Yes I do love, I love deeply, fully, and unconditionally. Yes I try to show the ones I love how much I love them. From the outside I don’t know if people see God’s love or if they see a tired man struggling to keep his head above water. I hope it’s the first but I fear it’s more often the latter. Life is hard it causes us to walk in a light we aren’t comfortable with sometimes which can make us seem hard to the outside world. Love is your light and you have to let it shine like a beacon so the outside can see that you are love.
I know that like we discussed before gifts aren’t always easy or comfortable or fun and love is no different. Love will hurt you more than you thought possible, it will make a normally happy person beg for their heart to stop beating, but it will also be the place for our biggest victories, our greatest triumphs, and the most amazing times of your life. So I beg of you, Love.
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