Everyone desires love. But very few can actually define what it is. In the short story "What We Talk about When We Talk about Love," the characters debate the true meaning of love.
Terri, one of the women in the group, swears that her ex boyfriend loved her even though he had abusive tendencies and tried to kill her.
If someone says they love you, but acts differently, does that person truly love you?
Another character talks about how he once loved his wife saying " there was a time that I thought I loved my wife more than life itself. But now I hate her guts."
If you truly love someone can you just as easily stop?
I believe that it is so easy to express love through our words alone. However just because one thinks or says that they love another, does not mean that they truly love that person. Personally I have come to find that real love comes from being completely selfless. Hurting someone physically or emotionally is definitely not placing the other person before yourself.
Another character states " real love is nothing less than spiritual love."
I found this statement extremely intriguing, as it has proven to be true so many times in my life. I believe that real love can only be based on how Christ loved us. He sacrificed His own life for ours. There is no love other than one based on His that will prevail.
-Because true love never fails.
I love how you pulled the scripture into defining love because after all this is where we are supposed to find all our answers right? Its so true that we really should look to God to find the real meaning of love because He did give us a perfect example of love and there is no other way.
ReplyDeleteWow I really liked everything you had to say about the text and the questions you raised. I agree on every point that you made especially that the only real love can be based on how Christ loves us.
ReplyDeleteThis was very well put. I completely agree with you when you question if it is really love if your actions don't agree with your words. Love is not something that can be said to be proven; like trust and loyalty and other traits, love is something that takes time. It is because of this effort and time that is put into that makes it something that won't fail.
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