A Genuine Love
First, I’ll start off by quoting one of my favorite verses.
1 Corinthians 13:7 AMP
“Love bears up under anything and everything that comes, is ever ready to believe the best of every person, its hopes are fadeless under all circumstances, and it endures everything [without weakening].
It might just be me, but I see a severe lack of genuine love in today’s society. I see a lot of “fake love”. You know, the “boyfriend/girlfriend” love that comes at 13. ß we all know this love doesn’t exist. We call that a crush. But that’s a side note. I want to talk about the kind of love that causes you to stop and listen to a friend’s problem and really, truly care about it. The kind of love that makes you want to pay for the person in line behind you at Starbucks. The kind of love that literally makes you glow. This is the kind of love that can only come from God.
“Love bears up under anything and everything that comes…” That means that through thick and thin you’ll be there. When your friend is at absolute rock bottom, you will be there to pray for them and to comfort them. Something I miss is having a friend that I wouldn’t feel weird about calling in the middle of the night just because I needed to talk or get something off my mind. I’ve decided I’m going to be that kind of friend to everyone I know! I want to be known as the girl who is so approachable, anyone feels comfortable talking to her! I want my love to be as genuine as God’s. I know that kind of love isn’t really attainable, but I truly want to strive for it in everything I do! This nation, and the rest of the world, needs the church to rise up and show them the real, true, unconditional, never-changing, accepting, genuine love of God. Will you join me in changing the world?