Divine Love

I was reading this article the other day and it was talking about how the word love drastically contrasts with how love is described in the Bible. In most novels, movies, and magazines the perception of love is portrayed as an emotion that has the power make us feel worthy and accepted one minute then the next minute have us feeling insecure, doubtful and have us questioning why we even bother with love if it never seems to last. The Scriptures take that view of love and totally turn it around. In first Corinthians the envision of love is powerfully descirbed:

Love is patient, love is kind.
It does not envy, It does not boast.
Love isn't proud, nor rude
It is not self seeking.
Love is not easily angered, it keeps no records of wrongs.
Love does not delight in evil, but rejoices with the truth.
It always protects.
It always trusts.
It always hopes.
It always preservers.
Love NEVER fails.
-1Cor. 13:4-8

Whether it is your first time hearing that or your hundredth it easy to just hear the words but to grasp the depth and the meaning is a whole different story. I think this description of love so powerfully relates to us because it was inspired by God for us, his children whom were made to receive his perfect, divine love. Our fascination with, and the yearning for perfect love has been embedded into our hearts from the beginning. Therefore, it is completely natural for us to be fascinated and want to be loved by a perfect fairytale love. Its only until we think we can receive that same love from anyone other than God is when hurt and disappointment come into play. He is the only one that can love us perfectly. We set ourselves up anytime we seek His love from anything else. It would be like expecting an imperfect boyfriend or spouse to love us perfectly. Were human; between our mood swings, bad days, and the drive of our emotions were bound to fail somehow.

Only until we stop expecting and seeking other things or people to fulfill us, is when we can truly begin to appreciate and be immersed by Gods unfailing, perfect, divine love. Its true, Its real, Its here.

God is love.