post on love.

as I said before, I have been learning a ton about love in the past few months. hopefully this summary makes sense. It is only a small taste of what I have been learning and am being tested on.

based on I Corinthians 13:4-8a



Love is patient. bearing or enduring provoking or annoyance, puts up with things that you don't like in a person.

Love is kind. thoughtful, always puts others before themselves, caring, there when others need a friend or a chat.

Love...does not envy. does not expressly show that they are jealous of someone else, is content with what God has given them.

Love...does not boast. does not parade around and talk about themselves all the time.

Love...is not proud. same as boasting, not full of yourself, but humble in Christ. I think humility and love are very similar, and closely connected.

Love...is not rude. puts others first, thinks about how actions/thoughts/words will affect those around them.

Love...is not self-seeking. forgets about themselves and what they deeply desire and serves others unconditionally.

Love...is not easily angered. even when jealous, or bitter towards someone, you don't show your anger, you keep it inside. Which explains where it says that we should be angry and not sin (Eph 4:26).

Love...keeps no record of wrongs. does not let someone else's rude actions towards them keep them from returning love to that person, but forgives no matter what.

Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. does not support lies in anyway, but does everything possible to promote truth and destroy evil.

Love...always protects. cares for, treasures, cherishes.

Love...always trusts. believes, relies on, and depends on God, and relays that to those who need to be uplifted in that.

Love...always hopes. has faith in God's plan, encourages when the road is rough.

Love...always perseveres. holds on to the Word and the promises of God, keeps pressing forward.

Love never fails. is everlasting, never ending, contiuous, always pulls through, always present.

Christ in me is love. Christ in you is love. Christ IS love!



No matter what (in other words, no matter who/when/where/why/in whatever situation) it is . . .

LOVE.

That can never be emphasized enough.