how would we define it?
Love is patient, love is kind. It is not jealous, [love] is not pompous, it is not inflated, it is not rude, it does not seek its own interests, it is not quick-tempered, it does not brood over injury, it does not rejoice over wrongdoing but rejoices with the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails.
how does our culture define love?
in chapter 13 of his first letter to the church at Corinth, Paul defines love:
Love is patient, love is kind. It is not jealous, [love] is not pompous, it is not inflated, it is not rude, it does not seek its own interests, it is not quick-tempered, it does not brood over injury, it does not rejoice over wrongdoing but rejoices with the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails.
Love is patient, love is kind. It is not jealous, [love] is not pompous, it is not inflated, it is not rude, it does not seek its own interests, it is not quick-tempered, it does not brood over injury, it does not rejoice over wrongdoing but rejoices with the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails.
1 Corinthians 4-8
I met Jenny 55 years ago when she was 15 and I was 17. For as long as I've known Jenny, she's had cats. for most of our married life together, we've had cats. Nicholas is our most recent--we adopted him from the animal shelter about a year ago. Before Nicholas there was Mocha, and Claude, and many others.
When I saw Nicholas at the shelter for the first time, there was something about him that attracted me to him. Nicholas looked like he needed some love.
Jenny adopted Mocha when she was volunteering at the animal shelter in Bluffton, SC. someone found Mocha abandoned at the Savannah National Wildlife Refuge, and brought him to the animal shelter. The vet guessed that Mocha had been on his own in the refuge, with alligators, for more than a week.
Mocha needed some love--and he got plenty of it! from me, from Jenny's mom (who was living with us) and, most of all, from Jenny. The bond that developed between Jenny and Mocha was amazing to witness. small wonder that I married Jenny 52 years ago!
Love is patient, love is kind. It is not jealous, [love] is not pompous, it is not inflated, it is not rude, it does not seek its own interests, it is not quick-tempered, it does not brood over injury, it does not rejoice over wrongdoing but rejoices with the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails.
Nicholas and I are lucky guys!
we ALL need love. we ALL need to receive love, and we ALL need to love.
Nicholas
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