Love and Luv

A little truth I just stumbled upon this morning after an intense discussion last night on the subject of “love”: it is so much easier to LOVE when you are not “in love” – you have no expectations, no pretensions, no defense mechanisms or protective walls, no machinations or manipulations just to ensure you get back what you give out. With that kind of love (as opposed to the falling-in-love type of “luv”), you have little or no regard for your own self and how vulnerable it can get, and instead can genuinely give to the other LOVE, without expecting to receive it. And today, one day before Christmas, I think I finally understand for real what that kind of constant, selfless, undemanding love is like: it’s the love of God, who is not “in love” with us (because then He could otherwise be “out of love”) but who LOVES us with an unquestioning, unconditional love He expects us to love others with. Even those - especially those - we think we might "luv."

“Love is patient, love is kind. It is not jealous, (love) is not pompous, it is not inflated, it is not rude, it does not seek its own interests, it is not quick-tempered, it does not brood over injury, it does not rejoice over wrongdoing but rejoices with the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails.” 1 Corinthians 13:3-4

Amen. May God grant me that kind of LOVE for Christmas.