What is Love?

Dear World,
It was recently that it was brought up to me, by my little brother, that he disagreed with me. On what subject matter are we talking? That is the subject of love. When I was just a bit older than him I got a crazy idea in my head. That is that it was impossible for someone in my position to even know what love is. He felt the same way recently while I had just progressed to realizing that it isn't impossible to know. Obviously he had taken that I felt that I was completely and truly and perfectly in love with a girl. Though my feelings on that subject are quite strong, it wasn't exactly why I posted that I had found out what love was. No, especially not on your crazy site called facebook. The truth is that I realized what love was when it was pushed directly in my face. Something I should have seen when I was a lot younger.

Love is something beyond feelings. Beyond human capability in fact, due to original sin. However it can still be accomplished through the grace of God. "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 preserves." This of course doesn't really help because we all can quote the bible. But what does help with is realizing, not only that you can know love even early on, but that God didn't make it some hard to find grace. It's charity. It's friendship. Love is intertwined deep within humans through the grace of God. For most people it's not that they don't know what love is. Rather, it's that they have difficulty knowing how to show it.


How is it possible for us to know how to show love? That itself is also simple. We must look back at Jesus Christ. His love was so absolute. To show love ask yourself "Would Christ do this if he was in my position." If we follow that in everything we do, we will learn how to truly show our love for each other. He showed the ultimate love, beyond that of anyone else, by having himself crucified to save us. This my friends is true love. It's the perfect example to show it to. Humans, even at early stages, can learn to truly show their love by looking at this perfect example. God didn't make it into Rocket Science. Otherwise we my have the problem of not knowing him. He wanted us to seek knowledge, and he didn't make it that hard to find most of the answers we seek. It isn't possible for me to love a girl truly. No, in fact it's easier than most people would think. I just have the incline to treat her as Christ would. That is true love. So go on now loving your neighbors as yourself as Christ proposed and don't just treat them as you would yourself, but treat them as Christ would.

Your Simple Atom,
The College Student