Love is authentic; it is not fickle. Love encourages and builds up; it is not superficial. Love does not tear down. Love is compassionate and lives in solidarity. It does not reject or walk away.
Love is plural and never singular. Love lives and works for agreement and respects and accepts differences of diversity. Love is always inclusive and never exclusive but it does not intrude or invade.
Love is communicative and associative. Love is not divisive. Love multiplies. Love is exponential and has no limit. Love is non-linear and can be complex fractals. Love does not need to be proven. No equation can derive or solve Love.
Love is kinetic energy but can begin as potential energy. Love is also thermal, chemical, electrical and gravitational energy, too. Love is electrons, protons, neutrons living in harmony. Love created every grain of sand, built every continent and filled every ocean. Love created you and me and all the people on Earth. Love created everything that breathes and has protoplasm and DNA.
Love lives in every culture and language. Love finds and feeds the hungry and cares for the poor and sick. Love respects and accepts the diversity of different cultures. Love seeks relationship and does not live in isolation. Love forgives and reconciles. Because love seeks relationship and gives and receives forgiveness, Love is peace and has nothing to do with war. Love can live in political places when politicians agree and can work together for the betterment of all—from the lowest to the highest in the socioeconomic striations.
Love is honest and does not manipulate. Love pays attention. Love recognizes the gifts of others. Love shares and collaborates and cooperates. Love is a team player. Love understands that by doing that—all of the members of the Body of Christ are allowed to contribute and participate in the building of the Kingdom of God.
Love began with Light. Now, a part of that Light lives in each of us. It is seen in the eyes of every person we meet. When we respect the Light of Love, Love thrives in us and emits through our behavior and actions. When all of us can recognize Love, Love will change us and change the world for good.
(inspired by 1 Corinthians 13)
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