Love is a matter of choice and love is a matter of
conduct but the real key is to act like love acts
So the question is, "How is it supposed to
act?" And "Who gets to tell us
how it's supposed to act?"
Hollywood?
For most of our lives that's who has been telling us. Hollywood's idea of how love is supposed to
act ranges from sentimental to cynical to sexual.
Sentimental – Love means never having to say you're
sorry.
Cynical – Tina Turner: "What's love got to do
with it?"
Sexual – pick any of 100 movies, unfortunately.
But that's not love.
I don't want to let Hollywood define how love acts. Fortunately, I don't have to. Fortunately, the GOD who thought all of this
up in the first place, WHO made us to be loving people, the GOD who is Love, HE
tells us how love acts.
And I Corinthians 13 is the definition of how love
acts. These verses are often read at
weddings – it's called the Love Chapter sometimes. It telsl us here’s how love acts: "Love is kind, patient, isn't jealous,
doesn't brag, is not arrogant, doesn't act unbecomingly and is not
provoked." It gives us this list of
how love acts.
I want us to take this list and let it help us
evaluate how healthy are our relationships – our marriage relationship, our
relationship with our parents or with our kids or with our friends. How healthy are our relationships?
Just a thought from the front porch…
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