Defining Love

                Love… Can you define it? Every man and every woman has a definition of some sort for it. The definition I go by? Well, believe it or not, I go by the Bible’s definition. Yet, before I give it to you, here are a few definitions that others, who will remain anonymous, go by:

·         “Love is when you sacrifice everything for a person, but it’s not because you’re trying to be selfish. It’s because you know that it’s the best for them.”

·         “My definition of love is when two people are meant for each other and get married.”

·         “My definition of love is when two people see each other at first sight and have a connection.”

·         “When you say love it means you care about somebody, you appreciate them… And that’s all I can say.”

                Now, why don’t we go ahead and take a look at the Bible’s description. If you would like to read along, then my Bible is the King James Version (KJV). I will now be opening up to 1 John 4:7-8 which states, “Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. He that loveth not knoweth not God, for God is love.” That is how the Word of God defines love.

                For those of you who didn’t understand word of that, don’t worry. Don’t worry because I will place it in simpler terms. What it is saying is that those who do not know God do not love and vice versa. Why? Because God is love. They are the same.

                That is why he sent His one and only Son down to die for our sins. For those of you who grew up for years in a Christian home, do you remember John 3:16? It is written, “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” God loved us enough to send his “only begotten Son” to be murdered for the sins that only we committed. Jesus, God’s Son, committed not even a single sin. Still, he took the price of our sins.

                It is also why Jesus rose from the dead. His love was so powerful and so beautiful that even death itself could not keep Him from returning to us and, later on, back to the Heavenly Father. God is love. Love is not Cupid. It is not Cupid’s arrow either. God is love.

                I thank you for your time and patience. It has been a true blessing. Now, I want you to remember these closing words. Jesus is not only in love with you. That’s right! He is also the love in you.