DesiringMore Posted December 22, 2003 Share Posted December 22, 2003 If I were to ask the question(which i am about to :D ) WHAT IS LOVE? what would you say? what kind of definition would you give to someone that asked you that question...it is very interesting to see what others say...i am interested in what the responses will be since the range of age is big in here....i bet there will be a wide range of answers.... so, back to the question, WHAT IS LOVE? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SallyCat Posted December 22, 2003 Share Posted December 22, 2003 My cute little Websters Dictionary tell me that love is "strong or passionate affection; devotion..." To me love is a feeling. It is an intense feeling you have for people, for God. Relationships are mostly accompanied by love...wether(sp?) it be love for a friend, parent, sibling, child, boyfriend or mentor. When you love someone there is a desire to protect them, there is a desire to teach, reach, and learn from them, there is a desire to be with them. When you love someone they have apiece of you with them all the time. They have a piece of your heart in theirs and part of thei heart is with you. So when they leave you or you are apart from oneanother it is easy for your heart to ache. I yearn to be with the people I love. I feel that i belong to the people I love. Dm what is love to you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DesiringMore Posted December 22, 2003 Author Share Posted December 22, 2003 Each time I think of love Christ is so clearly seen in my mind...the unconditional love of Christ....God is love--the Bible clearly states this...i LOVE what 1Corinthians 13:4-8a says "love is patient and kind. love is not jealous or boastful or proud or rude. love does not demand its own way. love is not irritable, and it keeps no record of when it has been wronged. it is never glad about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out. love never gives up, never loses fiath, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance. love will last forever..." love has to be more than a feeling though...but many will say that love is a feeling..but if you truly love someone, when you don't feel such feelings, do you not love them anymore? i would say no, you still love them, the feelings just aren't there at the moment...but if Christ would only love us when He felt like it, where would we be....He loved us so much to die on a cross--did he feel like it??..i love my friends--even when i don't agree or the feelings are there, the love i have for them still is.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DesiringMore Posted December 22, 2003 Author Share Posted December 22, 2003 Love is sacrificial, it is not self-seeking but is in fact selfless...love goes beyond feelings and touches the heart of who we are... to some the word LOVE is said so easily yet so surface...do you mean it when you say the word LOVE each time you use it? to die for someone or something is to LOVE...to sacrifice for the sake of others is to LOVE....to go out of your way to make someone's day special is to LOVE.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SallyCat Posted December 22, 2003 Share Posted December 22, 2003 My love even when I don't feel like loving soemone is still there. I know that when my boss, who is also my cousin, does something terrible and all the other people at work "strongly dislike him" I dislike him to, but I know I love him. You're right it's not just a feeling, it is a deep bond a connection with another Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DesiringMore Posted December 22, 2003 Author Share Posted December 22, 2003 You're right it's not just a feeling, it is a deep bond a connection with another a deep bond, a connection with another....i like that sallycat!!! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inDEED Posted December 22, 2003 Share Posted December 22, 2003 ...a solid or a liquid? The question resonates from outerspace to city limits... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SallyCat Posted December 22, 2003 Share Posted December 22, 2003 Indeed I think love is in the gaseous state Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unbreakable Posted December 22, 2003 Share Posted December 22, 2003 Hopefully my post will enlighten those who have not yet had a relationship. Love isn't something you can define specifically. I will say that Love is powerful. It doesn't stop, it will keep coming, and conquring. Love is not merciful. When it has a grasp of you, you'll be powerless to fight it. And, under love, you'll be willing to even sacrifice what means the most to you for that person. And, as much as it can improve you, it can also consume you. It can take control of your life, and strip everything in your life that you worked so hard on achieveing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DesiringMore Posted December 22, 2003 Author Share Posted December 22, 2003 And, under love, you'll be willing to even sacrifice what means the most to you for that person. And, as much as it can improve you, it can also consume you. It can take control of your life, and strip everything in your life that you worked so hard on achieveing. definitely.....but i don't think you have to have a relationship as in a romantic--male/female--relationship to understand the meaning of love...Jesus never had a relationship like that...yet he knew/knows what the meaning of LOVE is...i think to know what something is, you have to experience such....to read about it, to have knowledge of is to know ABOUT it, but to experience it is to know it..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmotherofpirl Posted December 22, 2003 Share Posted December 22, 2003 (edited) Put me as a seal upon thy heart, as a seal upon thy arm, for love is strong as death, jealousy as hard as hell, the lamps thereof are fire and flames. Many waters cannot quench charity, neither can the floods drown it: if a man should give all the substance of his house for love, he shall despise it as nothing. Song of Songs God says"I have loved you with an everlasting love I have called you and you are mine." Jesus says loved us so much he was nailed to a cross for us. "falling in love " is not a choice, staying in love is. Love is an act of will that demands you give the best of yourself for someone ot something else. You make that choice every day, "I choose to love this person" in spite of their pettiness, rudeness, and all their other faults. Feelings come and feelings go, love remains. Edited December 22, 2003 by cmotherofpirl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geetarplayer Posted December 22, 2003 Share Posted December 22, 2003 These are my thoughts: Love is a promise. Love is the reassuring fact that I will be there for you, though you may screw up on the way, just call my name and I'll come a-running. I will call a spotlight on your weaknesses, but only so you may see them and never so others may. If you need a vent, I'll listen. If you need an answer, I'll talk. My love for you strengthens when it returns to my heart from yours. Love can indeed take many different forms: love for my mother, father, siblings, friends, significant other. Each is a distinct relationship that cannot replace another. -Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katt1227 Posted December 22, 2003 Share Posted December 22, 2003 Great question DM!!! :D To me, love is what is defined in 1 Corinthians Chapter 13. It is patient, kind, etc. It hopes all things, believes all things, endures all things. I think this is a beautiful description of what love is. I also enjoy Victor Hugo's definition of love "The greatest conviction in life is knowing we are loved, loved for ourselves, or rather, loved despite ourselves" Love is about accepting other people's faults, their shortcomings, and being there for them despite it all. Love never ends. You never stop loving someone, regardless of what they may do. There may be times when you don't like them too much, but you never stop loving them. While I have never been "in love" with anyone, that doesn't mean that I am short when it comes to love. There are a lot of people in my life that I love. My parents, my family, my friends. And while it may seem like I throw the word around, because I use it frequently when talking and dealing with my friends. But I trult do love them. I have a connection to them, I belong to them, and they to me. I would do anything for them. I love them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GodsThespianChic Posted December 22, 2003 Share Posted December 22, 2003 (edited) Love is the willingness to die for someone, whether they be friend, relative, spouse/significant other, etc. Also, many times, adults think that teenagers don't know what love is. If you know God, you know love. God is love. Edited December 22, 2003 by GodsThespianChic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmotherofpirl Posted December 22, 2003 Share Posted December 22, 2003 (edited) Many people have not learned the difference between between love and lust, and feelings and choices. Love is offering yourself as a gift, lust is focusing on what you are going to get. Feelings are emotional states that come and go, a choice is a deliberate act to love someone whether the feeling is there or not. There are many days when I do not like someone, but I still choose to love them. Edited December 22, 2003 by cmotherofpirl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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