Bible study: Being in love with God’s help

Have you ever loved someone? I mean, really loved someone. Not that type of love that you go for because it is expected of you to marry someone or because you like the attention you get. You know you love someone because you want to change for the better and you want them to do it as well. You are not changing for them and your partner is not changing for you but you are both changing for better for the sake of love. Love is not the romantic dinners together, the kissing and intimate moments, the kind words, the flirting, gifts or anything.

Love is growing together every day, love has patience; it encourages you. True love does not have jealousy, or a sick obsession. It knows boundaries because it knows honesty and trust. It does not boost, because you do not have to show what you have which is probably not there; it can be seen from miles away when it is true love.

Love does not make you scared of the future, because there is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves punishment, and the one who fears is not perfected in love. It does not make you doubt it, because your heart will already decide to follow the path destined for you before you could even think of worrying.

Love is not the fancy gifts you receive from him, but it is the moment you hold each other’s hands when praying and the spark you feel when you open your eyes after the prayer and look each other in the eyes.

Love is not the ‘show off’ with words to your friends but it is when you use these words to talk to God instead, to pray for each other’s well being.

Love is not the toxic behavior we have taught to each other. A behavior which this new world calls: ‘A little spice in the relationship does not hurt anybody'. But love is completely humble and gentle; it is patient, because you are bearing with one another in love. You are making every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.

Love is not who is better than the other, who brings more income than the other, who works harder than the other, but love says: Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor.

Love from a husband to his wife is not the love you see or hear from other sources where dominance rules but love says love your wives, just as Christ loved the church. Love makes no new rules, but has its own law based on honor, and faith. Love is not the toxic behavior of raising your hand on your wife or husband in any way. To hurt or for lust. In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. After all, no one ever hated their own body, but they feed and care for their body, just as Christ does the church.

Love has one meaning. Love is beautiful only when it is followed by the law of faith.

Above all, keep fervent in your love for one another, because love covers a multitude of sins.