Are You Really In Love?

What The Bible Says…

With another Valentine’s Day upon us, not much thought is spent on the true meaning of love. This is what The Bible says, love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails…

An Explanation Of What Love Really Is…

The Bible gives us a clear and detailed definition of what love really is in 1 Corinthians 13. The whole chapter is dedicated to guiding and educating us on its different aspects, it should be called the “Love Chapter”.

Let’s explore some of the different aspects:

1. Patience – A virtue that few people display, it represents giving of ourselves and is an anchor when faced with injury and provocation. It overtakes the need to act with resentment, indignation or revenge. Love gives us a persevering patience that enables us to wait and wish for a change of heart of a person as opposed to anger.
2. Kindness – It represents gentleness. It means being courteous and obliging. Always ready to be useful, show favor and to do good. To not only seize opportunities of doing good, but searches for them. This is the general character of kindness. Love is patient under injuries, and inclined to do all that can be done in kindness.
3. Not to act unbecomingly – It is careful not to pass the bounds of decency. It avoids acting ill-mannered or rude. It does nothing base or vile. It does nothing out-of-place or time; but behaves with reverence and respect to superiors, with kindness and condescension to inferiors, with courtesy and good will.
4. To bear all things – It covers up, keeps silent about, keep things confidential. It also carries the idea of enduring or putting up with. It involves allowing your partner to expose his or her faults without making them public or indulging anger and cherishing revenge.
5. It never fails – This simple statement on the power of it is undeniable. It proves that if the love is real, it will prevail under any circumstances. It will never fail!

What About Marriage?

It’s time to send a different message to young people about the difference between infatuation and love. If we’re going to restore marriage to a place of honor and respect, we must teach that the role of one’s partner is not to save you from yourself and make you feel alive, fulfilled, and complete; only you can do that. It’s time to teach a different message.

You don’t have to encourage it, or welcome it, but you better learn to suck it up from time to time. We have mythologized love to such an extent that people are no longer prepared for the realities of long-term relationships. We are taught that it is good not to compromise, not to put up with anything we don’t like, not to sacrifice our own beliefs for anyone or anything. Yet compromise and sacrifice are the cornerstones of marriage.

No matter what way you dress it up, the best thing you can bring to a marriage is not the feelings but romance’s poor relation: tolerance. Add to that enough maturity to be able to fulfill your own needs and you have some hope. Optimism and chemistry, which seem to be the bedrock of the modern marriage, just don’t cut it, folks. And while I am pontificating, one more tip for the ladies: Try to find a man who has that most underrated of qualities: character.
 
Test your love and see how real it is. Enough said, ‘Happy Valentine’s Day!’
 
Sources:

The Holy Bible, English Standard Version, 1 Corinthians 13:4-8
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sheryl-paul/what-is-love_2_b_1446105.html
http://katekerriganauthor.tumblr.com/post/21014509601/marriage-myths
 
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