Lately I've been thinking a lot about love.
Not the kind of love that teen age girls are infamous for obsessing over. Rather, the love of Christ. More specifically, the purity of the love of Christ.
A love that is patient. A love that is kind. A love that does not envy; does not boast; and it is not proud. A love that is not rude, nor self-seeking; is not easily angered and keeps no record of wrongs. A love the does not delight in evil, but rejoices with the truth. A love that always protects, always trusts, always hopes and always perseveres. A love that never fails. (1 Cor 13:4-8)
This is the love. It is not founded on flirting glances, or silly games. You cannot buy it, and you cannot steal it. This love is born in adversity. This love is placed as a seed in every human's heart. Through darkness and light, struggles and successes this love grows. It is a love of intimacy. It knows you--and you will spend your whole life getting to know it. This is the love. We are proof of this love. And if we so choose, we are this love.
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Well, guess what?
I've been listening to that song over and over again the past 3 months.
Where's the invisible brain connector that is connecting our brains and making them.... connected.
Too true.
Inside of all of us is the need to love to be loved.
But God LOVES simply to LOVE
This is one of my favorite songs by Brandon Heath. He is such a gifted songwriter! Beautiful song.
Also, my youth group just finished a series on Love (not the lust love, but real love in 1 Corinthians that you speak of), and my dad just finished a sermon series on it too. So good. :)
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