Reflective Essay About Love

Men and women throughout the ages have desired to love others the way the greatest commandment instructs us to. However, due to our sinful nature, overshadowed by the fear of death and our limited physical and emotional vulnerabilities, the love we should have for one another turns into controlling one another, so that we have power and are in control. Instead of giving, we want. Instead of serving, we demand our rights. And scriptures like Matthew 5:48, “Be perfect, as your Father in heaven in perfect” can be frustrating

Love is one of the most influential entities on Earth. Love convinces people to perform many tasks they otherwise would not have even considered performing. Some people yearn for love so deeply that love can turn people into inhumane, bitter, creatures with no mercy or compassion toward others. Other people may think that the feeling of love will last for a while and then dissipate over the time the couple spends together until the relationship becomes dull and unhealthy. These toxic relationships can be found everywhere and can greatly lower the quality of one’s life; by introducing poor decisions and hatred into their life.

God is love. John 3:16 states "For God so LOVED the world, that he begot his one and only son, that whoever believe in him shall not perish, but have everlasting life". I have made many wrong decisions in my little life span, but he has shown love and mercy by forgiving each and every one. My life in church had started off alone and detached. I have never been an outgoing person, I never imagined the ability to go up to a random person and make them a friend , but Christ gave such a wonderful and joyful personality to me. Ever since I have been walking with the Lord , he has grown me closer to my loved ones. I saw some of my cousins only twice a year, but now I have the opportunity to see them multiple times a month… I have made a family through Christ and I would do anything for them. There are a family of nine that attend the same church as I, and I look at them as if I were birthed into the family. I'm not blood, I'm not adopted, but I am connected through

Love is two individuals building a nest together. From lovers to marriage and eventually living together is an extended process. While the sweetness of love keeps the relationship going, sometimes the temptations from others might break the relationship. For those who fall to the temptations and eventually break up with their lovers should always receive punishments.

We, as a unit, understand that no matter what type of love you show others, it can change lives. Love creates relationships with others that allow both partners involved to grow. I have learned from past relationships and friendships, by even loving those who can and sometimes do hurt you, you are growing and maturing into the person that you are supposed to be.

My greatest misinterpretation of Love leads me to all the wrong places doing all the wrong things which lead me away from God’s favor. It was very difficult for me to realize my wrong doings because I was doing this in the name of love. Unfortunately, many of my brothers have fallen in the same trap the deceiver (Satan) has set for us. And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, which are taken captive by him at his will. 2 Timothy

In Anthony De Mello's book 'The Way To Love' he talks alot about our attachment to people and things. In particular he mentions our need to be loved by another as if we would die if they did not exist.

This is one of the reasons why we need to hear the gospel message each day. The message of the gospel is that YOU ARE LOVED! You didn’t do anything to earn it or deserve it but God gives it freely. You are created in His image, paid for by His death and invite to live a new life with Him in His resurrection. You are valuable and it is only the good news of Jesus that tells you that. And

The book of Luke speak of the woman who was a sinner that invited herself to dinner and stood at Jesus’ feet behind him weeping and washed his feet with tears and dry them with her hair. She knew she did not belong but His love propelled her. I too am that woman, drawn by sin and to sin. I have depreciated in value throughout the years. Seeking love in the wrong places and coming up empty each time but God did not stop loving me even though I refused to love Him. We give a lot of credence to man for what God has done, like when my son was born weighing 2 Lbs. 4 oz.’s and his own grand mother told me to leave him in the hospital because he won’t live and God saw it fit to spare his life. Or when the doctors

acts upon so that BEING love, will transform whatever it is you have before you. It is a possibility that every human being who is wondering, worrying or attempting to control Love is being called to begin a relationship with eternal LOVE. Where they are not searching for LOVE outside of themselves, they instead become that for which they are searching.

The Bible tells us to love one another as Christ has loved us (John 15:12 NJB). If we love others this way then people will know we are God’s disciples (John 13:35 NJB). Now true love is willing to put other before we put ourselves (Rom 12:10 NJB). It is so strong that we will even be willing to lay down our own lives for other people (John 15:13

Love is difficult to define, difficult to measure, and difficult to understand. Love is what great writers write about, great singers sing about, and great philosophers ponder. Love is a powerful emotion, for which there is no wrong definition, for it suits each and every person differently. Whether love is between family, friends, or lovers, it is an overwhelming emotion that can be experienced in many different ways.

Music and life are diverse, with soft and soothing lullabies and large and rhapsodic thrillers. But there is no in between. Love, however, is like a symphony. Constantly rising and falling, exquisitely unpredictable, but beautiful and unique nonetheless. Dissonant, and yet still comes together to create something otherworldly. It is rare to witness a kind of love that manages to make one feel infinite. It is even rarer to have this kind of love last. Although, when people are young, they are more likely to have diminutive tastes of this love and are bound to advance the prospect of it in the future. I have been lucky enough to experience this symphony and I hope others are fortunate enough to encounter this illustrious phenomenon we all call love.

Love thyself that’s what the bible keeps saying and it is talked about in several places throughout it. We are all God’s children and we need to love ourselves because he made us in his image. “Examine yourselves to see if your faith is genuine. Test yourselves. Surely you know that Jesus Christ is among you; if not you have failed the test of genuine faith” (2 Cor 13:5). Once we come to terms with the fact that God made us in his image then we can our true faith.

Since I was a little girl I was raised in a church that taught one simple rule, God is love. I would sing songs about God's love in front of the congregation on Sunday school mornings, never really knowing what God's love truly was. It wasn’t until I grew older that I fully understood what those Sunday school songs were all about. Love for God and his love for us is unconditional, which means it will withstand any trouble and time span. There was a time in my life where I did not have God as the center of my life and I spiraled down a road of sin and pain. Through my sins and trials God had stayed with me because His love. His love is very different from human love. God's love is unconditional, and it's not based on feelings or emotions. He