What is love?

What would be your definition of love?  I think if you asked everyone you knew, they would have somewhat of different answers, but at the same time it would all be the same.

Sometimes its hard to love somebody, either you don't agree with how they live their life or maybe they do something over and over to you, where you question it.  Maybe someone that you once loved or was in love hurt you to the core, so its hard to fully give yourself to someone.  Or maybe someone you knew that you love died and you sometimes have to remember that love you had for them.  You could have a child or a spouse and its unconditional or maybe you have a child or a spouse and you quest
ion your love for them.

To me, love is God.  God is love, and if you don't have that personal relationship with God, you haven't felt what true love is.  When I look at love, I have to look at God first and what His son did for me, which was die on the cross with every single sin I have made and will make and gave His life, so that I will spend eternity in Heaven with Him.  He took my burden and in return I have given Him my life. 

Now, to me love on this earth and actually in general, is a choice.  You don't have to choose to love God, though I hope you do, just like you have a choice to love your child or your spouse.  I understand that sometimes its hard to love someone whether it be their actions or them not in your life.  I personally think about Gods love and the love they have for that person. 

Gods love is unconditional and I feel that is what we need to have for people no matter the hurt, the shame, the confusion, the heartache and the doubts. 

Ive been looking around lately and have been trying to see people how God would see them and the love He has for them.  It could be a homeless man, a girl in skimpy clothes, a rich person, a poor person, a person who has colorful hair with piercings all in their face, but God loves them no matter what.  He cares about where their heart is.  We are so quick to judge how someone lives or looks and I feel sometimes we put up a wall to peoples appearances to reach out and help them and see them as God sees them.

My question is this......What if you were in a room with a scrungy dirty homeless man and then a business man in a nice suit.  You have to admit, majority of you reading this, would probably feel more comfortable talking with the man in the suit, as would I.  The the truth of the matter is, God loves them equal and for all we know the homeless man has already been written in the book of life and the business man at this point is doomed to eternity of damnation.

Scripture says to love your enemies and to pray for them and to love your neighbor as you love yourself.

Matthew 5:44  But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;

Mark 12:31   And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.

You have to remember that when Jesus walked this earth as a human and wanted to share His love and His Fathers love to others, He didn't just go to the wealthy, most clean people, but to the whores, thieves, poor people.  He loves them just as much as He loves the rich people, but you also need to think, the poor people who were sick and seemed like they were on their last leg, could of possibly had a little bit more faith  and trust then the people who's lives seemed perfect.  


Ive lost many loves in my life, whether it be death or removal of self, but the one true love has and will never leave me that is my Lord and Jesus Savior.  At the end of the day, all of us, His love is all we need.  So if someone is reading this who lost someone or is heartbroken, now is the time to just cry out to Jesus, the true love, and tell Him to wrap your arms around Him.  His love is an amazing feeling that will fulfill you to the core. 

One question I want to leave with you.....If you were the only person walking this earth, would Gods love be enough? If not, then I would recommend doing some deep core, heart and soul searching.  Our God is a jealous God and He will give and take away and if your focus is of the things He has given you, God will be quick to take those things away if they are getting more attention than Him.

God Bless!