Loving well.

I have a feeling this blog is going to be alot about love, but to be honest, love is tossed around so many different ways that a correct representation is necessary. Love is such a vast and deep word. The dictionary has 27 different descriptions of love. It can be a noun verb or adjective and it can be a term of endearment. I never really undestood love until I became and follower of Christ. Before, I thought love was a temporary feeling between to people that could last longer for some, but some people lose it(divorce). It took people to pour their heart and soul into me for me to finally get it. Love is thirsting for someone, as if it can never be quenched. Love is the neverending desire for the person to succeed, and never giving up on them. To love is to not always to be loved backed. John 3:16 says "For God so LOVED the world..." God loved everyone before we loved him, God loves everyone even while living in sin. God thirsts for us, God wants nothing but for us to love him. This is crazy. Gods love for us is as vast and wide as the ocean. I think if we love in this very way, the world would be immeasurably differrent. If we consider this in loving our classmates, parents, neighbors, our community, or anyone, all of these things look very different but they are all rooted in the same thing love, and Gods love for us. It's so easy for us to forget how much God loves us. I once heard a man say Gods love overflows in us, we need to pour it into those around us. That is called loving well.