Monday, February 13, 2012

What is Love

I know that I have just recently done a blog concerning love but I felt that since we are in the week (just one day away) of the day love is celebrated at least nationwide I thought it would be appropriate to revisit this subject. I’m going to try to revisit this subject with a twist to it because I want to do this in a way that hasn’t really been done or explored before.  So what is love? I wrote a song years ago or more apply I turned a collaborative effort (me and a good friend of mine) of a poem into a song entitled Love Is (Copyright 1995). The lyrics are:

The way you hold  me close to you in your arms you hold me tight.
Your warm and gentle touch, makes everything seem so right.
The way you often say to me all the words I wanna hear.
Gives me hope and brings a smile dries each and every tear.

(chorus)
Love Is, the way I feel about you,
Oh Love Is, the way you feel about me too.
It’s not just physical. Baby It’s emotional
Love Is more than just a word.

Now there is more to the song but I feel that is appropriate enough being that the chorus is what I want to get to. More to the point the last line of the chorus is what I want. Love is more than just a word. If love is more than just a word than what is love? I mean true absolute love in its purest form. Love encompasses so many things. Love is the greatest attribute of God and since we desire to be like Him, it should be our greatest attribute. Love is the ability to give and forgive without thought. Love is the ability to be free and help set others free as well. Love overwhelms you and causes life to seem as if there is nothing else that matters but the object of your love. Love should cause compassion and charity which is love in action. Love should be seen and felt but not just one time one day a year. For when True love is there it engulfs you endlessly day after day after day. Love makes you want to spend time with the object of your love. Love is not rude so when it is around the object of itself it’s always polite and giving. Love is not just an emotion, it’s an existing force that doesn’t come on by force. You can’t make someone love you nor can you talk yourself into love not true and real love. Love is a desire for that person and their well-being. Love is the air you breathe, the blood in your veins you would gladly give up to see your love prosperous. Love is me and should be in you and should be felt in different unexplainable ways by everyone around you. Love is your connection to Christ and the power that He left here on this earth to change the world. Love is a conqueror, love is an overcomer, love is a champion of champions. Love is the reason we are and the reason we continue to be. So on the day that is dedicated to celebrating love. I urge you to do it right or don’t do it at all. There is a question I’ve heard asked that should you spend more time trying to find the one that fits you or learning to love the one your with. I say when it’s true love you don’t have to learn how to love them you just have to learn how to exist with them and learn how they fit with you. Stop trying to make pieces fit that don’t. Find the one ordained for you and love them unconditionally with everything you got or don’t love them at all. Stop playing games for love is too important and too valuable to play with. It’s time to get to true love. Don’t wait till tomorrow start now. Allow love to develop in you and consume you as it has done me and I promise you that if you do you will never be the same again.  

If you have any questions or comments please feel free to email me at jesse.jones@highpraiseministries.com. And as always remember to Grow in God's Grace and Abide in His Love!