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.
1 Corinthians 13:4-7.
Love is, love is.
Is love a thing, a decision, an emotion, or a person?
If love were a thing, it would not be able to rejoice.
If love were a decision, it would not be able to be angered.
If love were an emotion, it would not be able to protect.
If love were a person...
If love were a person...
There is no such person.
The Bible also says that God is love. (1 John 4:8)
Is love, then, a standard unachievable by none but One?
If so, none of us are able to love. What then, do we mean when we tell each other, "I love you"? When man and woman stand before the altar, do they say, "I hereby vow to achieve the unattainable"?
Yesterday, I asked God if there is a painless love.
But without pain and hurt, there would be no need for love to be kind, or to keep no record of wrongs, or to persevere.
Aye, I do believe in love. It would be stupid of me to not believe in love. Because love, in its fullness, is perfect. It is we, man, who are unable to measure up to love's standards.
I like how The Message interpreted verse seven of 1 Corinthian 13:
Love trusts God always,
Always looks for the best,
Never looks back,
But keeps going to the end.
Always looks for the best,
Never looks back,
But keeps going to the end.
If imperfect beings could try for an imperfect love, this would be the imperfect love I would choose to have.
Abba Bapa,
Apa yang kelihatan mustahil bagiku,
Itu sangat mungkin bagi-Mu.
Anak-Mu tetap percaya.
Abba Bapa,
Apa yang kelihatan mustahil bagiku,
Itu sangat mungkin bagi-Mu.
Anak-Mu tetap percaya.
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