1 Corinthians 13:4-7

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1 Corinthians 13:4-7 [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.]

This is the verse that keep me well all the while in my relationships, especially now. But today I will not talk about BG relationship today, it saddens me to talk about it...
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Love according to Oxford Dictionary means "warm-liking or affection", "Sexual affection or passion", "Strong liking for something". There are more explanation, but these are the definitions that I wanna focus on today.

We all know what is love. It's a passion for something or someone. Love is good, however, man always misinterpret obsession as love. We thought we love someone or something so much, we must own them, we must have them. In order to possess them, we can do anything including evil acts. In the end, something or someone we love turns out to be unpleasant or deformed. Do even see the point possessing something that we (thought we) love which in the end it's not the same thing as before anymore?

In 1 Corinthian 13:5 it says:"...it is not self-seeking...", meaning love is not selfish. It doesn't mean if we love something/someone, we must possess them in order to please ourselves, for selfish purpose, in the mean time hurting others including those we love. We love something/someone, yet whether you can have it depends on that thing really belongs to you or that someone loves you. Love should not be forced. If love without freedom, it is not love anymore, it does no good to us but only damage. That is why God gave us the free will to choose, to decide for ourselves. Because God loves us so much.

"...It does not envy..." says God in 1 Corinthians 13:4. Love doesn't come with envious, because evil comes along with envious. "It...always trusts..." 1 Corinthians 13:7. Trust the one you love, have faith in them, therefore they will be faithful to you. The fact is, divorces happen because couples does not trust each other.

Don't misjudge obsession as love, because obsession can be evil, but love alone is good. Remember, God gave us a true definition of love so that we can judge love properly. If you would hurt others to "love" someone, you do not love. "Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth." Remember it well.

Do you really love someone who does not love you? Do you feel the pain when someone who you love doesn't love you? Well God endured it 100millions times greater than the pain you're feeling right now for as long as mankind exists. So the pain is nothing compared to God. So love Him and don't hurt Him anymore...

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