Love For Life

“What’s love got to do with it?” Sounds like an old Tina Turner song.

If you asked anyone today, “What makes a great marriage?” most would reply “love”. The problem, however, lies in the fact that very few of us agree on what love really is…

Most marriage experts speak of three core components of love. Passion. That’s the romance, sensual, physical side of love. Intimacy. The side of love that describes that “soul mate”, best friend, emotional love. And then, you really have to have a big dose of Commitment. That’s the willful, “I’m here for you no matter what”, and “I love you because you are you” kind of love. All three are critical for love to grow and flourish.

In that sense, love is a lot like money, you’ve got to make deposits every day in order to be able to make withdrawals from that “love” account. You’re only going to get out of it what you put into it.

In 1 Corinthians 13 the Apostle Paul lists some of the best qualities of love. Qualities worth investing in your “love bank”. Patience…kindness…unselfish actions…humility. The larger your investment, the greater the return.

How’s your love life? Cold? Distant? Neglected? Close? What kind of deposit did you make today? Whatever you “did’ or “didn’t do” sent a message! 1 John 3:18 admonishes us “let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth.”(ESV)

When relationships tend to go south, someone usually feels like all they do is give, and all the other one does is take. Are you tired of giving? Frustrated because you don’t feel like you are being loved in return? Paul added in the same “love chapter” that love “bears all things…believes all things…hopes all things…and endures all things” (Vs 7 NAS). Difficult? Yes! But a love soaked in grace, and the oil of deep forgiveness, is essential for a “Love for Life”.

Source:AACC