Hello Everyone,
Today I want to begin a several part blog on love. This is one topic that I need to know much more about. See, I love my wife and I love my children. But what does that really mean? Does it mean I feel warm inside when I'm with my wife? Does it mean I really enjoy my children? The answer to both of those questions is sometimes yes and sometimes no. But it doesn't change the fact that I love them both.
But, before we get to what love is, I want to take the rest of this blog to talk about what love is not. For those of you who read this blog inside the United State, we use this word entirely too much and we water down what it really means. You might hear someone say, "I love my car" or "I love my school" or something else. But that's not real love. You can enjoy your car and you can really enjoy your school but real love is reserved for something else.
For all you young ladies let me tell you something else that is not love. If a guy starts telling you he loves you and then starts pressuring you to have a physical relationship with him, that's not love. That's lust and selfishness. See anything someone uses to get something from you, is not love. When you are dating, you might have heard if you love me, you will do this or that. But that's not really love, most of the time it's someone trying to con you into getting something they want.
I've even heard Christians say that you are not walking in love if you don't give them the money they need or give them something else they want. Again, that is not love. Love does not seek to get it's own stuff. Now let me ask you this, where are you upset with someone else because you aren't getting what you want from them? It could be that you need rethink how you love are loving someone.
When we think about love, we often think of a feeling, but that is not love either. Feelings are great and when I feel really close to my wife and get those warm, gooey feelings about her, I really enjoy them but that doesn't define my love for her. In fact, I don't think feelings have anything to do with true love at all.
Well, I like to keep these fairly short so we will pick it up here next time with a little more about what love is not.
That's another Opinion of the Minion
Today I want to begin a several part blog on love. This is one topic that I need to know much more about. See, I love my wife and I love my children. But what does that really mean? Does it mean I feel warm inside when I'm with my wife? Does it mean I really enjoy my children? The answer to both of those questions is sometimes yes and sometimes no. But it doesn't change the fact that I love them both.
But, before we get to what love is, I want to take the rest of this blog to talk about what love is not. For those of you who read this blog inside the United State, we use this word entirely too much and we water down what it really means. You might hear someone say, "I love my car" or "I love my school" or something else. But that's not real love. You can enjoy your car and you can really enjoy your school but real love is reserved for something else.
For all you young ladies let me tell you something else that is not love. If a guy starts telling you he loves you and then starts pressuring you to have a physical relationship with him, that's not love. That's lust and selfishness. See anything someone uses to get something from you, is not love. When you are dating, you might have heard if you love me, you will do this or that. But that's not really love, most of the time it's someone trying to con you into getting something they want.
I've even heard Christians say that you are not walking in love if you don't give them the money they need or give them something else they want. Again, that is not love. Love does not seek to get it's own stuff. Now let me ask you this, where are you upset with someone else because you aren't getting what you want from them? It could be that you need rethink how you love are loving someone.
When we think about love, we often think of a feeling, but that is not love either. Feelings are great and when I feel really close to my wife and get those warm, gooey feelings about her, I really enjoy them but that doesn't define my love for her. In fact, I don't think feelings have anything to do with true love at all.
Well, I like to keep these fairly short so we will pick it up here next time with a little more about what love is not.
That's another Opinion of the Minion
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