Love
Dr. AK Sterling
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Can you turn the beat up a little bit Love, love is patient, love is kind Wait, I know what love is It's that funny feeling you get in your chest when you can't stop thinking about that Special person you like the best Right? More or less It's that irrational impulse to stay up and talk all night It's that, baby, you had me at first sight It's what you say after a fight It might just be the opposite of logic A justification for doing things you may regret It's that reason you get so upset An innocent arrow to the heart And yet, it's what dominates you So you need not take responsibility for your mess Yes, one word that can make up for all the rest Success Actually, that's the myth But I digress It's not a declaration Rather, at best, it's a reminder of the precarity of our situation Biblically, it's clear to me that love exacts from us a certain measure of maturity You see, when I was a child, I thought as a child When I grew up, I threw out this fictional notion of what love is all about Thanks in part to Hollywood, fantasies and warped expectations of what today's lovers can't live without However, scripture would suggest a slightly different definition, different from the pursuit of personal happiness as One's sole ambition Listen Love is not selfish, self-seeking or preoccupied with self Because it's not about you, but rather what love asks you to do Like protect, trust, hope and persevere Understand, it wouldn't tell you to hold on if the impulse to let go wasn't so severe Now, let's be clear It most certainly involves a bending of our wills And it's not easy, not always peachy, not unproblematic, believe me But what happens after the romantic, after the chemistry turns static and after false expectations prove tragic Should love leave and we just revert back to habit God forbid I don't think that's how you'd have it Now, instead, from what I've read, it seems that love and what it means is countercultural But fully functional for those not afraid to sacrifice their lower nature And I don't mean once or twice, more like daily My Bible puts it plainly Love does not delight in evil or rejoice in why you lied It's also not disrespectful or bound up in pride In fact, it doesn't mind being the first one to apologize And besides, attitudes are overrated Their toxic side effects only improve on what divides And why Why live irritated with a frustration that nurtures hatred when you can love You see, love is not easily angered Everything don't have to be a fight Try your patience Get on your nerves or ruin your life Breathe Stay calm And try not to operate out of spite What if I told you everything's gonna be alright It might And it might not However, everything doesn't deserve your wrath Therefore, vengeance shouldn't always direct your path Even if they, let's say, forget something at the store, neglect to wipe down the stove, or Just take too long getting Ready Interrupt, ignore, or serve you frowns with your spaghetti Even if they call you petty Yup Especially that Furthermore, love does not envy No, not one bit It is content, satisfied, and has no need for outside supplements Better yet, love keeps no record of wrongs And what that means to represent is the downside and danger always already Prevalent in resentment If you say I love you, what you're really saying is that regardless of my critique, I'm not Bringing up what you did wrong last week A constant reminder of where they fall short paints their contributions as weak until Future prospects begin to look bleak Instead, look forward for a fresh start that we all seek This love right here is unique, not a Christian cliche It's what the Apostle Paul calls the most excellent way However, it does not come natural, I'm afraid We must adjust our expectations and pray for help Because we can't do it alone That's why love does not boast, but points back to the throne God is love And if love will never fail, then what do you think that says about our chances to prevail So, you can be as fancy as you want to be, moving mountains in and out of the sea, Feeding the poor, and sharing Prophecy Even solve the world's last unsolved mystery But it won't make you complete See, this is only a start For we know only in part, but when completeness comes, and before we depart, as the Lord's glory is displayed, Just remember, everything else will fade And now these three remain Faith, hope, and love But the greatest of these is love
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