Love Is A Verb!

Whoever said "love is a feeling!" Oh, wait that was a song back in the 80's I think or it could be from any song on the radio except the christian radio station of course. Infact, if we were to pick apart the songs on love from the secular artists they would say things like you make me feel X, or talk about their heartbreak, and let's not forget sex in their attempt to define love. We sing along because we like the beat and we can relate to the feelings they discuss but what have we done? We have allowed our brains to be saturated in this nonsense that doesn't define love at all. It defines those aspects that we long for and deal with when in love but it's not what makes love-Love. Let's change the station and listen to what Christian artists are singing about love. That can be summed up in one word- God! We all learned in sunday school " God is love" and we've heard it preached over and over "God is love" but what does that really mean. I can't fully grasp the measure in which he loves me, but he definitely makes it clear on how to love and not how to feel loved. God's way is so radical that very few only experience true love. We get into marriag often times trying so hard to feel loved and miss the oppurtunity to love. I tried to love the way the world sings about making my feelings the priority and making my marriage about me, but when I decided to make it about honoring God with loving my husband more than myself and making a conscious choice EVERYDAY to out serve him and he takes the same approach then marriage is awesome! You must learn how to love in order to feel loved. I've never felt like it's been work and there are some of you that feel like it's down right Hard Labor. It's only hard when you're loving with conditions instead of gracing those conditions in love. Take the first step! 1. Identify what his or her needs are and decide to put those needs above your own. 2. Out serve them and sacrifice for them the way Christ did for you and watch how God's way once again proves to be Best. If we could just stop being so prideful and stubborn and choose to be humble we'd love. What are you sacrificing for your spouse? Is it your time or do others get the attention that your spouse longs for? Are you too busy for each other? Are you too busy for your dates? Love- it is a verb and Jesus demonstrated that perfectly, but I can sure bet he didn't FEEL like being whipped, and he didn't FEEL like being spit on,and he didn't FEEL like dying. I'm just so glad Love isn't a feeling! Sacrifice, put your spouses needs above your own and start loving-
John 13:34-35 Jesus says "A new command I give you: Love one another as I have loved you...By this all men will know that you are my disciples if you love one another."