Feb. 15: WHAT'S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT?

The question is asked in a popular song and deserves some kind of answer. So, on this day after Valentine’s Day when there is a half-eaten box of chocolates or beginning-to-fade roses or an empty perfume box let’s ask “What’s love got to do with it?” The song says that love is nothing but a “second-hand emotion”. True?
Well, that’s one problem right there: describing love as an emotion. A minister once refused to marry a couple who wanted to change the Wedding Vows from “til death do us part” to “while love lasts”. Obviously, the latter is what some people have in mind because the Court docket is filled with papers that say “I don’t love him/her anymore.”
Before you use the word “love”, you should define it’s meaning. People will say about a new romantic interest “I think I love him” and do something drastic. Sad is the state of single women who find themselves pregnant and alone with only this chorus to sing “He said he loved me”. Because the word is used often in soap operas, popular songs, and seductive advertising, many children have no idea how to define love and start looking for some kind of elusive feeling.
Compare these definitions to the Biblical definition: “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. Love never fails.” (1 Corinthians 13:4-8 NIV) There is no idea of emotion. There is an intentional selfless concern for another person’s well-being and a commitment to act upon it. You don’t have to be married to live this definition but this definition will make a marriage last.

“Jesus, when we look at your sacrifice, it was all about love.
Send your Spirit to help us understand that secret. Amen”