Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who
loves has been born of God and knows God. [1 John 4:7]
Love isn't easy. Then again, sometimes it is. The natural affection felt for parents, siblings, family, friends at times seems to ebb and flow. Sometimes you want to burst into song and dance while at others you wish to never associate with them again.
Friendship love is a strange thing. It begins, strengthens, fades, and resurfaces. Or else becomes naught but a shadow and a semi-sweet chocolate memory. Other times it is just there, waiting on the sidelines for the opportune moment to remind you of the special times.
Love asks for self-sacrifice, other-love instead of self-love.
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
perseveres. Love never fails. [1 Corinthians 13:4-8]
Our earthly love is to be a reflection of the heavenly love which God has shown to us. Through the love which we show others should be able to see the Trinity at work in us.
This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son
as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. Dear friends, since God so loved us, we
also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; but if we love one
another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us. [1 John 4:
10-12]
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