Sunday, September 3, 2023
What is love?
What is love?
As I was walking, the Lord was talking and this is
what he said – in order.
Love is appreciation, acceptance, thinking of
others.
Love is acceptance of one's self and others and
appreciation of what you have been so generously and graciously given.
Love is service to others with a smile.
Love acknowledges others. Sacrifices for others.
Recognizes others.
Love forgives others and also forgives one’s self
for wrong doing.
Love is patience, kind, understanding, empathetic
and compassionate.
Love is not exclusively sensual or sexual contact,
the act of love making, looking lovely or beautiful, stares from others.
Love is not your external appearance and does not
judge others external appearances.
Love is trust.
Love is honor.
Love is respect.
Love is obedience.
Love giving without the expectation of receiving
back from your unconditional gift.
Love is not selfish.
Love is not greedy.
Love is not self-centered.
Love is not jealous.
Love is not envious.
Love is not impatient.
Love is not needy.
Love is not out of control; love does not lose
control of one’s self.
Love is not angry.
Love is not bitter.
Love is not or hostile.
Love is a state of calm, peace and harmony with
one’s self and others.
Love is spending time together because you desire
to, it is not in what you are doing that matters but the fact that you are
doing it together.
Love is not only kissing, physical contact, physical
intimacy.
Love reaches deeper and is commitment to one another
and a common course or belief, a desire to please one another, sharing, caring,
and daring to be yourself.
Love is not pretentious.
Love is not narcissistic.
Love is not egotistical.
Love is acceptance of others for who they are and
not for who they are not.
Love does not desire to change others but accepts
them imperfections and all.
Love is finding joy in every situation and circumstance
and trial that life has to offer.
Love is not a state of neediness.
Love does not take but gives.
Love is not boastful.
Love is not prideful.
Love is not vain.
Love is not insecure.
Love is the gift of giving
Love desires to please others and comfort others.
Love is patient, kind and understanding.
Love is giving a gift to someone else when they
least expect it.
Love is giving a gift to those or others who are
incapable of repaying you.
Love is God's grace – grace is a gift from God that
we are unable to repay.
Love is being the first one to say you are sorry.
Love is being the first one to back down from a
fight, an argument, a quarrel or disagreement.
Love does not have to be right all the time.
Love is giving in or compromising to promote peace
and harmony.
Love is not sweating the small or trivial things in
life and remembering that everything is small or trivial.
Love thinks before it speaks.
Love is slow to anger.
Love is being a good listener.
Love is thinking and acting positively, optimistically
and with gladness in your heart.
Love is living with personal integrity, honesty and
truth.
Love is not to be confused with lust
Love is sticking it out through the difficult times.
Love means never giving up or giving in to
temptation or sin.
Love means taking your difficulties about life to
the Lord in prayer and obedience and not your friends.
Love is reliance in the Lord and not others.
Love does not seek to honor men but to honor the
Lord.
Love does not seek its own glory, honor and praise.
Love is humble.
Love is having the freedom to be yourself without
the fear, uncertainty and doubt that comes from worrying about how others feel
about you.
Love does not judge others and does not worry about
being judged by others.
Love is obedience to our mother and father and our
Father in Heaven.
Love is respect for others in all circumstances.
Love is not destructive to others or to one’s self;
it does not seek to destroy but to build up.
Love does not gossip.
Love does not slander.
Love does not speak harshly.
Love does not speak behind another’s back.
Love builds others up.
Love speaks kindly of others.
Love, respects the rights and feelings of others.
Love respects the opinions and beliefs of others.
Love appreciates and respects the imperfections of
others.
Love does not point out others imperfections,
weaknesses or acts of indiscretion.
Love does not keep secrets because love does not
listen to secrets.
Love looks for opportunities to give.
Love is a gracious and thankful recipient of gifts
from others.
Love respects the feelings of others.
Love puts the needs, wants and desires of others
before their own.
Love is not critical of others.
Love does not criticize others.
Love is not mean to others, verbally or physically.
Love means going with the flow and following the
work and will of the Lord.
Love does not attempt to create one's own will and
desires but listens to guidance from the Holy Spirit as to the Lord's will.
Love means accepting and forgiving your enemies or
those who attempt to harm you.
Love does not blame, shame or find fault in others.
Love means accepting personal responsibility for
your actions regardless of the consequences.
Love does not grumble.
Love does not complain.
Love does not compare one with another. We are all
God’s children.
Love is obedience to the Lord's commands and
commandments.
Love does not judge others.
Love does not worry about one’s life but seeks
reliance and assurance from the Lord.
Love does not purposely cause or inflict pain.
Love does not seek revenge.
Love is not vengeful.
Love begins and ends with you, you are love, the
Lord loves you, accepts you for who you are – unconditionally.
Love is not something
you seek after, give love freely and freely you will receive love.
Love is a gift from the Lord,
Love today, live today, forgive today, and serve
today, love as the Lord has loved you – unconditionally.
Love is not only listening, but hearing to what is
being spoken.
Love is more than three words which can be easily
spoken; love is putting those three spoken words into action.
Love is tolerance of other people’s differences.
Love is not what you get back but what you give.
Love is not what you possess but what you give away.
Love does not attempt to keep up with our neighbors.
Love is prayer.
Love is joy.
Love is happiness.
Love means being content regardless of the
circumstance.
Love is not wanting more but getting by with what
you have been so graciously given.
Love is knowing the rules, accepting the rules and
obeying the rules.
Love is acceptance of what one has and not grumbling
or complaining about what one does not have.
Love does not tease others.
Love does not make fun of others or make them the
butt of jokes, especially in front of others.
Love is thanking the Lord for everything.
Love appreciates everything the Lord has created.
Love does not compare one person to another.
Love is a thankful heart for all the Lord has
blessed you with.
Love does not seek to conquer but looks for equality
in all things.
Love does not destroy, rather it builds up.
Love is affection, affirmation and the gift of time
spent together.
Love is not what you do for yourself but what you do
for others.
Love is not about where you have gone that matters
but where you are headed.
Love means never having to go to bed angry.
Love means never being forced or coerced into saying
you are sorry. The Lord loves a repentant heart.
Love is service to others.
Love is calm, a state of peace and tranquility.
Love is of the Lord.
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