What Is Love?

Love is patient, love is kind. It does 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. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.1 Corinthians  13:4-7

Many people use Valentines Day to celebrate romantic love between a man and a woman such as proposing on this day, getting married on this day but one thing my younger son used to say when he was  single is you don’t ask a girl out on Valentines Day or they get the wrong idea. 

So is this a Hallmark holiday? Yes. Play along make florists, candy sellers, and restaurants profitable on this day. But stop and think about what love really is. Romantic love for singles doesn’t mean you run hook up with someone and have sexual relations. God’s gift of sex is being destroyed and those who use it wrongly pay a huge penalty emotionally. 

Love is the definition found in the Bible verses I included for today. The culture tries to mess with the word ‘love’ and confuse people. Satan has tried to destroy the very Biblical foundation of love. Do nice things, put others above yourself, show respect. That is love. 

PRAYER: No one likes to be alone so throughout time men and women get together and form a union as man and wife. Love in this Biblical sense is true love. Putting the other first, sharing, giving. Help me as I seek to show friends and strangers Christian love. In Jesus’ name. Amen.