What is Love – Introduction

What is love.  Is it a learned trait or is love passed on as an inherited trait?  If you believe in God, knowing what love is more comprehensible.  We have God all around us.  Children are more aware of God because of their purity and innocence.  Eventually they grow out of it and the presence of God awareness slowly diminishes.   God is still there.

A person who meditates on Gods love will have an incredible experience.   I hope people will take what I say and go to a deeper level or cover another dimension on love that I don’t cover.  Spending your own time meditating and thinking on how God loves you personalizes God’s love and takes His love in a direction that I am inadequate to take you.

God’s love is without limit. That is why this study will consists of many separate essays. Many more than I can plan. Every time I list the possible essays I can think of, there are additional dimensions of God’s love. To fully explain God’s love will be impossible. Part of my purpose to write these series of essays is to make other people realize what God’s love means to them. God’s love means something different to each person. He treats us as individuals and as part of a larger group.

What I intend to express first is what to do about love and then give the definition of love. Because of the extensive subject matter, I will not necessary completely follow this structure. Some aspects will be talked about in the order as it comes to me.

Why I am sequencing this essay like this. It is because whenever anyone references love, they mention a passage or infer something from the Bible. God gave us the Bible. Even more He is the Bible. God gave us the Bible to give us insights on who He is. God is still mysterious and since God is love, love is mysterious. This group of essays will not answer all the questions. In fact you might have more questions afterwards than any questions that might be answered in these essays.

My Greek is not strong. I was told that there was five words meaning love. Two of them are not mentioned in the Bible. Eros is a third word meaning love that I am not going to discuss. This is the sexual form of love. This article is not going to talk about it. It requires a separate essay. The last two words is philio and agape. These words are what this essay is going to cover. Philio means brotherly love. Agape means unconditional love. This is the type of love that God loves us.  These two words are usually discussed as interchangeable.  +

A person who meditates on Gods love will have an incredible experience.  Ask God to give you the ability to know about Him.  It may take time but God will guide you, if you are pliable enough to follow Him to where he wants you to go.  This is a start of a great adventure that will change your life.

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