Love is . . . .

Love is . . . .

Some people say ‘love is never having to say I’m sorry”. Maybe this sounds like it would ease your conscience—never holding you responsible for harmful things said or done.                                             

Yet shouldn’t we be held responsible for our actions? Words are cheap. True love should want to ease any pain caused, not expect the loved one to swallow disappointment at our casual disregard, as well as to absorb the pain from our original hurtful deed.

True love will want those we to feel our love, not the pain we may carelessly cause them, knowing we will have their back in time of trouble and will share joy whenever possible. True love won’t leave them wondering whether we will prove to be a fair weather friend.

What we do speaks the truth from our hearts; what we say should do the same.            

            1 Corinthians 13:1-8 says:                                                                                                                       If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am 

            only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy

             and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that
            can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. If I give all I 

            possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, 

            but do not have love, I gain nothing. Love is patient, love is kind. It doe

            not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it 

            is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 

            Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.  Love bears all 

            things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

            Love never fails.

 What does the Bible tell me to do if I realize I have done or said something wrong or hurtful? For the well-being of my eternal spirit I must abide by God’s directions.  Some see the conscience as a square wheel revolving inside our hearts; If overwhelmed by our repeated acts of non-love, the corners get worn down and cease to prick our heart as it revolves within and thus no longer remind us to change and grow.             

If I am my Father’s child, I must love others, for our God is love. He has been called by many names: Creator, Father, Savior, All-Powerful Supreme Ruler of All There Is; we could say, since He is also author of unsurpassed love, Love is God