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The opinions expressed herein are my own personal opinions and do not represent anyone else's view in any way, including those of my employer.
© Copyright 2009
It is not the nature of love to force a relationship but it is the nature of love to open the way. (William Paul Young)
Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’” Matthew 22:37-39 (New International Version)
He answered: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’; and, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’”
Luke 10:27 (New International Version)
I read a quote a few years back that just absolutely floored me. It was in a book by a man named John Piper called “God is the Gospel.” In this book, he asks a question. He says that the critical question for our generation and for every generation is this: If you could have heaven with no sickness and with all the friends you ever had on earth, and all the food you ever liked, and all the leisure activities you ever enjoyed, and all the natural beauties you ever saw, all the physical pleasures you ever tasted, and no human conflict, or any natural disasters, could you be satisfied with heaven if Christ was not there? It was a great question. He goes on to ask, if you can have everything; you can have heaven right now – no more pain, no more tears, all the friends you ever had, all the physical pleasures you’ve ever experienced, no pain, no conflict, all the beauty, but Jesus wasn’t there, could you be content? Could you honestly answer, “No, I couldn’t stand that because I love Him; I’d have to have Him there; if He’s not there, then its not heaven”?
See, that’s what it means to be in love with Jesus and not just the things that He offers. Otherwise, it would be no different than marrying someone for his or her money. That’s about saying, “I love Jesus Christ. I love Him.” (Francis Chan)
So good, and so true! I know this song since a couple of years, but haven’t heard it for ages 
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He who covers over an offense promotes love, but whoever repeats the matter separates close friends. Proverbs 17:9 (New International Version)
Happy Valentine’s Day to everybody out there who already found the one person who completes you!
(as I’m not that much evangelic I truly hope, that she/he is from the opposite sex though )
Some of you reading this might already be married, some might be on their way to marriage some are still single and looking for true love.
I’m a huge romantic myself, but when it comes to the topic “love” there is one brutal fact I had to accept:
Love is not a feeling, love is a decision!
When we are talking about “falling in love”, I can agree with you, that there are butterflies in one’s stomach and all the strong emotions making you feel like you are on cloud nine…
We usually fall in love with the person’s appearance, with the way she/he walks, the way she/he talks. Sometimes we impute to our object of love some mystic illusion, ideal qualities and the more we get to know the person the less we fall for him or her. That’s when the feeling of love disappears even faster than it appeared. (Dorothy M. Neddermeyer, PhD)
If somebody asks you today, “Why do you love your partner?” – what would you say?
Would you mention her beautiful eyes, her wonderful voice, her kindness, her cooking,
his personality, his well-trained physique, because he is always there for you?
What if over the course of years, your partner stopped being every one of these things? Would you still love her/him?Based on your answers above, the only logical response would be “no”. If your reasons for loving your partner all have something to do with her or his qualities – and then those same qualities suddenly or gradually disappear – your basis for love is over.
The only way love can last a lifetime is if it’s unconditional. The truth is: love is not determined by the one being loved but rather by the one choosing to love. (Stephen and Alex Kendrick)
This wouldn’t be a good post about “love” without quoting something from “The Excellence of Love” 
Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
1 Corinthians 13:7 (New American Standard Bible)
In my opinion this kind of love can only come from God! Without him there is no way I could love somebody without a “but…” or “only if…”.
Love is unconditional!
As soon as you realize that, you won’t be saying “I love you because…”.
Instead you will say: “I love you, period.”
Call me stupid (I don’t care ) but the last weeks I had to think about this quite a lot:
If love is a feeling, would I ever be able to promise anything like this to someone?
In the presence of God, our family and friends,
[Name], I take you to be my lawfully wedded wife.
I join my life with yours.
Wherever you go, I will go;
I will always be with you and support you,
in times of health and in times of sickness,
in times of joy and in times of sorrow.
I promise to love you completely and unconditionally,
to console and comfort you during difficult times,
to laugh with you and to grieve with you,
to be truthful and honest with you,
so that we may serve Christ together,
as long as we both shall live.
Love is not a feeling, love is a decision!
Two days ago I suddenly had to think about “love”
I was in the shower at that time and somehow two statements popped into my head.
To be honest: I didn’t really have time to share them here until today, but better late than never!
Imagine you want to buy an offset screwdriver – without knowing what that is – because a friend told you it’s a good tool (who says we have to go for a hammer in my story? ). You enter a hardware store, and approach a staff member – let’s call him Kevin for further reference 
(who unfortunately is the only one working at the store at that time). As luck would have it he is completing an internship there and isn’t really a handyman.
Anyways… you ask Kevin for the offset screwdriver who immediately starts looking everywhere but he has absolutely no idea what to look for and the tools aren’t labeled. He shows you some tools hoping that you can identify what you need, but you can’t help him either. Kevin isn’t capable of giving you an offset screwdriver, even if it’s laying right in front of his nose.
I think it’s the same with love… if you don’t know what love is, you can’t give love to others. You first have to learn what love is. In my opinion you can only understand what true love is, when you ask Jesus to show you what it really is.
Think of it this way: You could have told Kevin that a hammer (here we go… our beloved hammer just arrived ) is an offset screwdriver and he would have believed it. But as soon as his boss comes and corrects the wrong assumption Kevin would know (and possibly never forget) what an offset screwdriver looks like and how it should feel when you touch it. Why? Because his boss is the expert, somebody he can trust. Very much like Jesus is for me
As Kevin was no big help for you to get what you needed (the offset screwdriver… just in case you forgot ) you decide to give it another try the next day. You enter the same hardware store again and now you have more luck. Kevin has his day off and Tim runs the shop today. Tim is _the man_! He knows all tools by their names and is also an expert in using them. So you ask him for the offset screwdriver ’cause you really want to have one (because everybody has one 
). Tim looks around, goes to the shelf where the offset screwdrivers are kept and then discovers that there aren’t any left. He knows exactly what they look like, he could use them with his eyes blindfolded, but it’s impossible for him to hand you one, because he simply hasn’t any!
Again – in my opinion – it’s the same with love. If you have no love in your heart you can not give love to others! You have to ask Jesus to fill your heart with love until it’s brimmed
Just wanted to share that… If you have any comments feel free to post them here! Thanks!
Good night!
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