The Truest Test Of Love

“No matter how you define it or feel it, love is the eternal truth in the history of mankind" (Love Sessions, 2009). “Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always preserves”

The Bible has many teachings of Jesus, that show what we as Christians can learn from and apply it to our lives. In Matthew 5:43-48, Jesus tells us to love our enemies. It’s easy to love the same people who love and care for us, however, loving someone who hates you is a difficult task. We all want to feel appreciated and valuable. When someone makes us feel worthless or unloved, the last thing we want to do is to show them love. Jesus also tells us to pray for people who wrong us which is just as hard, if not harder than the prior command to love our enemies. Jesus’ point in this teaching is to call us to be more like God by having an unconditional love for everyone. He holds us to a high standard in Matthew 5:48 when he commands us to “Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly father is perfect” (Thurston, B. B., (1987) para 6). How does loving our enemies relate to other

The Greek started breaking down love into four categories: “storge” was for family, “philia” was friendship, “eros” was for sexual and romantic love, and finally divine love was known as “agape”. For instance, you might love a friend (philia) but not quite be in love or feel physical attraction (eros) for them. Some researchers believe the theory that there is more than one type of love, while others say love is the same in all circumstances and relationships. In 1977, sociologist and activist John Lee separated love into six categories, 3 primary and 3 secondary. The primary types of love are eros (the erotic desire for an idealized other), ludus (the desire to have fun with each other), storge (the slow development of feeling beyond friendship into more of a kinship way). The secondary types of love are: mania (the jealous-obsessive love), agape (the purist, altruistic love) and pragma (a practical, convenient love). Hate has several causes. Some hate out of fear of “the other”, fear of anything different and unknown, while others hate out of fear of themselves, they project their insecurities onto the object of their hatred out of lack of self-compassion. Some might hate to fill a void, to avoid trying to find one’s identity. Societal and cultural factors play a huge part, we are taught to hate anyone different from us and all that that we don’t

How is a human suppose to love? Love is just a statement, a word, a word is just a sound. When you really love something, in loves you back in whatever way it has to love. But what if that love isn't good enough? Doesn’t meet your standards? "‘What I mean is, I love winter, and when you really love something, then it loves you back, in whatever way it has to love.’ I didn't think that this was true, […] but it was like every other thought and belief of Finny's: it should have been true. So I didn't argue” (Knowles 111).  That is just life, love is something that is always there and needs to be accepted in anyway it can.

Love and hate, these are both things very present in life. Our world is filled with new celebrity relationships and new big name feuds. Many people would be lost without the gossip of love and hate in the world. This was also very true for the Puritans in early America. This combination or church and state allowed everyone to know each other's secrets and forces people to live very transparent lives. We can see this in the novel “The Scarlet Letter” by Nathaniel Hawthorne. The narrator in the novel uses this theme of love in times of sadness. “No matter whether of love or hate: no matter whether of right or wrong! Thou and thine, Hester Prynne, belong to me”(pg 115). This is one of the first times that we see the word love used

The Harper Collins definition is, “The chief purpose of love is to bring one’s neighbor into communion with God. True self-love and love for God are coincident or coextensive.” This definition says that to love others you have to bring others to God, just as St. Francis of Assisi said, “Preach the gospel at all times. When

In the world of psychology, there is a behavioral theory called “nature vs. nurture.” This theory suggests that all children are naturally good, that they are born with a blank slate, and they need mothering in order to become “human.” I believe there are certain things that someone needs to qualify as human. I think all infants are born naturally good, but it’s up to their guardians whether the infant turns out to be a good character. It is also up to you whether you want to be a good person with good values.

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 13:4-8 NABRE)

Among the multitudinous biblical references to love, the most comprehensive and decisive assessment of true love comes in St. Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians. He begins by stating that despite all of his faith and gifts from God, "if I have no love, I am nothing." (I Cor. 13:2) Clearly, Paul recognizes the importance of love. He goes on to define love in very explicit terms, telling both what love is and what it is not. Paul begins, "Love is patient and kind; it is not jealous or conceited or proud; love is not ill-mannered or selfish or irritable; love does not keep a record of wrongs." (I Cor. 13:4-5) The Apostle continues with the declaration that "love is not happy with evil, but is happy with the truth." (I Cor. 13:6) Recall here the biblical prohibition of cross-dressing (Deut. 22:5) and lying (Deut. 5:20) Disguise and deceit are far from the truth that makes love happy. The exhortation continues:

Connected to the bible, “ At one time we too were foolish, disobedient, deceived and enslaved by all kinds of passions and pleasures. We lived in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another. But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit. ” (Titus 3:3-5) This verse tell us passion is a strong and dangerous thing, but God’s love and mercy is even more stronger than passion because of his mercy. He saved us by the rebirth and renewal through. In the book “The Giver”, Here is a rule for all the people in community“ A REMINDER THAT STIRRINGS MUST BE REPORTED IN ORDER FOR TREATMENT TO TAKE PLACE. ” (Lowry 37) In the community the passion is not the normal react for the people. You need report it and take pills to avoid it. They took away passion from people’s life. In the book “The Giver”, The giver told Jonas what is love, “Love,” The Giver told him. Jonas repeated it. "Love." It was a word and concept new to him. (Lowry 125) The word “love” in the community of Jonas lived is so strange they don’t use it for a long time. They also have no feeling about what is

I believe that love is a natural sentiment that is experienced differently by each individual. For instance, the love for our parents will vary from the love for our life-partners. Just because one form of love may (at times) overshadow the other, does not mean that the end result will be the nonexistence of either one. In the play, Antigone by Sophocles, the character Haimon impersonates a major role at delivering this very message throughout the play and also promotes the classic love story plot of Romeo and Juliet, in the sense that both the families allow hatred to control their lives and lovers kill themselves.

Behind the the fair facade roses have thorns, all should beware the thorns. "You have the greatest capacity to love of anyone I've ever known. You loved your father despite his flaws; you loved me even when you knew nothing about me, other than that I was just as unseen as you were. You are so much stronger than me" (Raasch 480). Everyone has the capacity to love, but people contain harmful mental blocks which hinder them from living up to their full potential.

I feel that it could be a very thin line between love and hate. Love is crucial component for all connections. Quite a bit of what is composed about love is either concise or taunting. Technically, when it’s all said in done is extremely brutal and unfeeling toward genuine love for any sort. During some of my reading through my research there was talk about marriages, husbands and wives, yet overlooks adultery. Finding true genuine love is a riddle to many

It seems to be without question that love is at the core of what every human desires. We seek it from the start of life, before we even know the word or emotion, in the bond of parent and child. We look for it in friendships and family relationships as we grow throughout childhood. When mature, we long for the companionship that a lifelong vow of love and marriage will satisfy. The Bible mentions love hundreds of times and places it high above almost anything else, naming it as the center of our salvation in Christ and our hope of life eternal with Him. It’s almost too simple of a concept that love matters, but as Sue Gerhardt shares throughout her book Why Love Matters: How Affection Shapes a Baby’s Brain, somehow we lose sight of just how important love really is, and the fallout from this neglect can change a person’s life completely.

To love is a choice. It is more than feeling good around someone or something; it is an action of giving. The Catholic Catechism quotes Saint Thomas Aquinas ' writing, saying “To love is to will the good of the other”(1788), a willing choice of placing another above ourselves. Saint Thomas also says that “God is pure act” and in 1 John 4:8 it says that “...God is love” – the purest act one can choose. He made us in his image, calling us to be the same. Contentment and peace of soul come with having purpose. In the Bible God repeatedly gives purpose.... “Go...”, “…Serve one another” (Galatians 5:13), “…. [Have] compassion one of another, …be pitiful, be courteous” (1 Peter 3:8), "Love one another"(John