Is It Really Love?

February is the month when everybody is thinking and talking about love. Love is on everybody’s mind: not the “ordinary” love, but the kind of love that causes people to say things they don’t mean.
A young man was talking to the love of his life on the telephone: “Honey, I love you so much! I’d climb the highest mountain, swim the deepest seas just to be with you.” “Aww,” she cooed, “I love you too! Why don’t you come over?” “I would love to,” he replied, “but it’s raining.”
Before you say something or commit to someone in the name of love this month, I want you to do a little test to make sure that what you are going after or trying to keep is truly love.
Whether we are talking about feelings between a mother and child (storge), husband and wife (eros), church members (philia), or neighbors (agape), I believe there is one standard for love.
Love is patient
Love is kind
Love does not envy
Love does not boast
Love is not proud  
Love does not dishonor others
Love is not self-seeking 
Love is not easily angered 
Love keeps no record of wrongs 
Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth 
Love always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres
Love never fails (1 Corinthians 13:3-7 niv).
Does your love meet this standard?

Is the person you are in love with willing to love you in this way?

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