Monday, March 07, 2005

What is love?

Prov 30:18-19
18 There are three things which are too wonderful for me, Yes, four which I do not understand: 19 The way of an eagle in the air, The way of a serpent on a rock, The way of a ship in the midst of the sea, And the way of a man with a virgin.

Yups, this comes from the bible.

One of the most complexed thing in the world, I think is the love betw a man and a woman. It is complexed yet it is a beautiful and wonderful thing.

What is love all about?
Love is defined as 1Cor13:4-8
4 Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; 5 does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; 6 does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; 7 bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
8 Love never fails.

Love is then seeking the best for the other. Love is then, not just an emotional feeling, but it is also balanced with logic. Balanced with issues.
If therefore with the issues, one does not perceive the r/s will go on long termed, starting anything will only hurt one another.
If one has the maturity to see it, one doesn't start it in the first place.
Does it mean one does not love the other? Nope. But it is a mature thing to do. It is because you love the other too much, and know that this decision works for both of you.
And you move on.
Love....
What is love all about?
:)

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

i've been trying to figure that out too. But what i've learnt is that, i need to learn to love. He told me that.

i myself do not start a r/s if i do not see a happy ending to it in the 1st place. People ask me how can i be so sure. i am not, i am just keeping hurt to the minimum for both parties. In the end, still...

Paul said, of faith, hope, and love, love is the greatest. Maybe that is why it is the hardest to learn. And it is the last i'm trying to learn of the three. So much faith, but none that i love. He knows.