Right out of the gate, I confess, I'm taking a risk entering a debate on love!
Authors and directors spend relentless amounts of time and money producing fashionably intriguing plot lines that illustrate love to the masses of readers and movie fanatics.
Guys cringe and ladies adorn the phrase "chick flick" or "romantic comedy" but the experts know, love sells. What isn't predicated by the imagination through a novel is created into a masterpiece appealing to the eyes in theaters worldwide.
Every good love story has a "Prince Charming" rescuing a "Princess." And this becomes the dream of every little boy, to win. And every little girl, to be won. And those of us watching, a "hopeless romantic."
So, why does the "win" wear off? Because the world is convinced that some "wins" in love are better than others. Love becomes an emotional appeal chasing the heart without regard to the principles of love. When the appeal of happiness has evaded we are given permission to find a new love story.
Love isn't accidental as if it's something we fall into or out of. We choose love. We make a decision to act on the vulnerability we experience when the object of our love is held in higher esteem than ourselves. Love is more than spontaneous moments of intimate romance. Love is more than a feeling or chance.
The greatest love story ever told is a man who was willing to face death itself all for the sake of love. God created us to be in relationship with Him but our sin severed that relationship. It was Jesus's sacrificial death to restore our relationship that proved His love for us.
The most well known verse in the Bible is John 3:16, "For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life."
So, what is love? Love is the pursuit of a deeply woven commitment of trust and truth absorbed in self-sacrifice for the good of another. Love is a willful act of submission to the attributes of God. For God Himself is love (1 John 4:8).
Love is patient, kind, rejoices in the truth, bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things. Love is not jealous, boastful, conceited, selfish, or provoked. Love never fails (1 Cor 13:5-8).
How have you defined love? Is love more than a word? Is love more than a feeling? Do you love others more than yourself? Do the words you speak and the life you live both reflect true love? Do you express love through the current of God's love for you?
Guys cringe and ladies adorn the phrase "chick flick" or "romantic comedy" but the experts know, love sells. What isn't predicated by the imagination through a novel is created into a masterpiece appealing to the eyes in theaters worldwide.
Every good love story has a "Prince Charming" rescuing a "Princess." And this becomes the dream of every little boy, to win. And every little girl, to be won. And those of us watching, a "hopeless romantic."
So, why does the "win" wear off? Because the world is convinced that some "wins" in love are better than others. Love becomes an emotional appeal chasing the heart without regard to the principles of love. When the appeal of happiness has evaded we are given permission to find a new love story.
Love isn't accidental as if it's something we fall into or out of. We choose love. We make a decision to act on the vulnerability we experience when the object of our love is held in higher esteem than ourselves. Love is more than spontaneous moments of intimate romance. Love is more than a feeling or chance.
The greatest love story ever told is a man who was willing to face death itself all for the sake of love. God created us to be in relationship with Him but our sin severed that relationship. It was Jesus's sacrificial death to restore our relationship that proved His love for us.
The most well known verse in the Bible is John 3:16, "For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life."
So, what is love? Love is the pursuit of a deeply woven commitment of trust and truth absorbed in self-sacrifice for the good of another. Love is a willful act of submission to the attributes of God. For God Himself is love (1 John 4:8).
Love is patient, kind, rejoices in the truth, bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things. Love is not jealous, boastful, conceited, selfish, or provoked. Love never fails (1 Cor 13:5-8).
How have you defined love? Is love more than a word? Is love more than a feeling? Do you love others more than yourself? Do the words you speak and the life you live both reflect true love? Do you express love through the current of God's love for you?
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