This
four letter word has more definitions than the one’s each of us have ever heard
or imagined. Its definition varies from person to person, and for that reason I
want to be very cautious with my definition.
I do
not know about you guys but from my observation of my immediate environment,
this word “LOVE” has done more HARM than good. “HARM?!!!” Yes harm, it
may sound surprising but that is the bitter and unfortunate truth. This is so
because most of us (youths) have mistaken, misplaced and replaced the
true meaning of this word LOVE.
1 Cor. 13:4-7 lists or
enumerates the qualities of love. From this passage we are made to understand
that LOVE is; PATIENT, KIND, JUST,
TRUTHFUL, FAITHFUL, HOPE, ENDURES, FORGIVES and permit me to add that LOVE TRUSTS.
Now we
have all seen the qualities of love and are beginning to get a picture of the
meaning of this word. But I must say that the qualities of this word can and
will never be truly defined without GOD. For the Bible state it clearly
that “God is love” and without God
there is no love. Jhn 3:16-17 tells us all that we need to know about LOVE.
What
is more than that? OR do I say “What
sacrifice is more than that?” My answer, which I believe should be same with
some of us, is NONE. All the
qualities of love from 1 Cor. 13:4-7 are encompassed in the story of the Son of
God “JESUS”.
On a
final note, I will like to chip a friend’s definition of love; he said “love is the surrendering of our priviledge and
preferences”.
ARE YOU WILLING
TO SURRENDER?
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