"Love comes from God, and everyone who loves is begotten by God and knows God; those who don't love, don't know God; for God is love"
This is a very powerful statement. To say that one "being", one force, one power, one thing....God... is love is a largely important claim in Christianity. Love comes in many shapes and sizes. You cant LOVE chocolate ice cream, your new dress, Starbucks coffee, the book you started reading yesterday, or even the smell of roses. But this LOVE, is different from loving your brother, sister, mother, father, aunt, uncle, or cousins. One can LOVE their best friend or be in LOVE with their wife. I LOVE the color green, but would never really sacrifice anything for it, as I would my brother or boyfriend.
LOVE is everywhere, in everything, and a fundamental element of human nature...but to be able to love must you know God? I know many people who have no spiritual relationship with God, yet claim to LOVE many things.
Is this possible?
Is it possible to never love? That seems like such a terrible life. To never have a connection with something that is strong enough to admite you LOVE it seems so sad. But does this happen? What is the connection between God and LOVE.
If God truly is love then it seems so simple...find God and you will find true love.
To me, God really is love. He loves unconditionally. Through thick and thin, rich and poor His love wont fade out like my love for the color green.
To me, this passage describes a different kind of love. One that is true, and pure, and tough. Tough love. God isnt always going to be there to hold your hand of give you a new car when you want one, but in times of ones deepest losses, emotional struggles, and weakness the love of God shines through.
I believe this passage is illustrating this point. If you know this true love, then you know God. You find God within youself and love others the way He has shown you to love.
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What I like about your writing is how you distinguished love and real love. I think too many people in today's society obsess over insignificant materialistic things. They love the things they have, the love their favorite band. But in the end, that type of love fades and doesn't impact our lives. Real love, real bonds are important. It seems like more and more people are mistreating love, throwing it away and not understanding the importance of it.
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