What is your definition of love? I mean dig deep in your mind and tell the truth from your view-point. Please don't do the christian duty of quoting the love scripture unless you have experienced love like that from an actual guy. I just wanted to do a study on how many woman have been love and who can instantly recognize love if they were introduce to love.....
A woman's positive respond to what a man introduces by implementing a certain behavior (when a guy shows interest through phone calls, massages, asking her out on dates etc)
Weman don't really have love in our nature, we respond & reflact what has been implemented to us by guys.
If love is well introduced & nurtured, then a guy is most likely to enjoy positive fruits of the seed that he has planted to the lady, cause that's when the woman pours out her all in expression of embracing what has been introduced to her.
The last time I saw myself manifesting fruits of love to a guy who was persuing me, I saw myself being:
Humbled whenever I was around him. (a feeling of selflessness would overwhelm me)
Eagerness to please. (He was almost my moster, I outometically submitted to he's request & would even do more than he asked of me) When knowing very well that i'm nothing like that in nomal secumstances.
Being constantly in my mind in every working moment of my day. (couldn't help it but to pray for him & check if he's ok)
Finding myself calling he's name when he's not around, (when talking to my self) with a huge smile on my face.
Opening up about issues about myself I'd never told anyone before but him.
The list goes on & on... In short I think love is when a woman responds positively to what a man introduces to her by showing interest.
"women don't really have love in our nature"??????
I don't think i agree with that sisygirl.We don't just follow men we fall in love too.Women fall in love with men sometimes even before a man realises it.
So to me,this doesn't apply to women maybe to individuals.
for me, you don't know love unless God gives it to you. the failures of the past was not love bcoz 1 Co 13 it is said that love is patient, love is true, love doesn't hurt.personally i never loved anyone, bcoz it never correspond to what the bible says. love is not only passion, but it's romantic, an engagament and friendship. this is accepting the partner as he is with his flaws. it is giving instead of receiving, it is not about who is authoritative but who accepts the other's opinion and respect it.
Sand123 is right about 1 cor, The Op is mistaken because scripture clearly says Love is............
In my experience I had thought i loved a lady. I performed my best to fulfill the scripture discribing love. In reality I was performing. My performance was a manipulation on my part to selfishly have my own needs met in turn.
I had spent some bitter nights with tears over this reality revealed to me by God.
You see my performance was work on my part and some times I would grow weary of my performance and fail. This led to a failed marriage and relationships.
You see the source of true love is God. It is only as we yield our hearts and lives to God and seek His power in us to express the fruit of love that we willl find sucess.
I first had to die to my pride in thinking I had any ability to love on my own. You see love is completly selfless.
If any part of self is combined with our expression of love than it is not true love. If we are looking to be compensated for our expression of love then it is earthly sensual love and not pure.
I have loved a woman for 2 1/2 years from a distance over about 7000 miles. The love and expression I have with her also makes me the leader I so desired as a man. Loving as scripture describes through the power of the Holy spirit makes me a strong man. Strong and mighty.
Able to resolve any conflict with my Lady. Able to embrace her when she is offensive with her words. Able to move toward her when she is unlovely. Able to maintain our unity. Able to listen to her and at times follow her advice......
Most importantly it makes me able to remain commited in temptation.
I have genuinly desired to love a woman and now I do. It is with the utmost of purity. God rewards us with a closeness and trust that no amount of money could buy.
You see when a man loves a woman and a woman respects a man. The rewarder is God.
But God is love.... sorry had to say that much, so I figure,
with reference to your question, I'm ok not being able to grasp the meaning BUT... I've seen it, so much in fact that I've even walked up to couples I didn't know after church services, and I could tell I wasn't the only single dope who'd approached them. They had love pouring out of them, and I just had to say something. So, I may not feel confident in defining that kind of love, but apparently, to me anyway, when you got it, you can't deny it. Was that a cop out... :excited:
If is was a broad question without an instruction, believe me I would have quoted 1 Corinth 13, cause that's the only true definition of love.
Was trying not to diviate from the instruction. The author of this question was trying to get our personal experience of what love is or how we felt when we were in love.
