Day 5: What is Love????

 I began to think of this yesterday because this topic is so much harder than yesterday. First thing that popped in my head was I Corinthians 13:4-13. The scripture that is always quoted at weddings.

1 Corinthians 13:4-13 (New International Version)

 ⁴Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. ⁵It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. ⁶Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. ⁷It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
 ⁸Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. ⁹For we know in part and we prophesy in part, ¹⁰but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears. ¹¹When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me. ¹²Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.
 ¹³And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.

I believe all those statements are true, but there is also more to love.  One thing I do think is love is not a feeling, but an action. When you love someone you show it. I think love is not just about sex, but so much deeper, one of my favorite quotes that I found a while ago says this....

"One of my mentors is a celibate monk, and he says we can live without sex but we can't live without love. And there are a lot of people who have a lot of sex and never experience love, and people who never have sex [but] have deep experiences of intimacy and love." -Shane Clairborne

 I have felt love from friends and family and I hope one day to feel love from my significant other, but until that day I will cherish the people who love me and I will show them that I love them with my words and my actions.

Also...I hope I can continue the 30 Day Blog Challenge as schedule, but some personal things are happening which might make me put it on pause. I will update when I know more.  All I can say is cherish life and your loved ones.