When God Speaks

What is love? What does love look like? Can you see love with your physical eyes? Love is the most important part of life. Both giving and receiving.

Love is defined as an intense feeling of deep affection while affection is defined as a gentle feeling of fondness or liking. So, can you see love in action? Yes, you can.

When you love someone you want the very best for them. What affects them affects you. If they are sad you are sad. If they are happy you are happy. These emotions will affect not only the one experiencing them, but also the one that loves that person. Both will feel the same feelings as if they are one person.

When you love someone you give 100%, not 50%, but 100%. You want to give everything you have to that person. Love takes a front seat to personal wants or desires willing to let the one loved have it all. Sacrifice is a word that fits well with love. A person who loves will sacrifice their own wants and even needs so that the loved one can have everything. The funny thing about this is the one that sacrifices doesn’t even feel the effects of the sacrifice because their focus is on the loved one being happy and fulfilled.

Love can be seen with the physical eyes through actions taken toward the loved one. Love in action looks like this: Willingly giving up something without hesitation so that the loved one can have it. Love does without so the loved one can receive. Love looks over things said or done by the loved one, not holding grudges. Forgiveness comes easy and will never be brought up again.

Love rejoices when good things happen for the loved one. Their heart feels the feelings and emotions of the loved one. When the loved one is happy so are they. When sad, so are they. When another person acts unkind to the loved one, the lover feels the anger.

But, an important part of this relationship is discipline. Setting examples that the loved one can copy. Teaching right and wrong is a necessary ingredient and sometimes this comes with a hard hand. But, without this there is no love. One cannot always be the friend that never says no. This teaches selfishness and down the road it comes back to bite. So, teaching the right stuff to the loved one is most important even when at the present tough love may need to be given. This is love. Real love. When you care enough about the other that you show what’s right even at the expense of being shunned for a moment by them, that is love.

Love is many things. Love can look many ways. But, one thing I know is love can be seen, felt, heard, and shown if love is real. Love is tangible.