What is Love?

-3rd September 2009-

"Love is full of Hope. All of us are aware that no one is perfect. It’s the same in a marriage; both husband and wife see the imperfection in each other, but Love has the firm conviction not giving up easily that we accept each other weaknesses and help to build each other up to be a better person.

Love always hopes because we see the current imperfections of the other party are final and trusting God is at work in our lives for good. Yup, it’s a journey, not a 100meter run; it’s a journey towards wholeness. Love always hopes :)" - Winnie Wong

I read this short message on my good girlfriend's page on FB. I remember reading this before, however I've forgotten about it. Yes, Love is FULL OF HOPE.

I've always thought about what is LOVE? what is LOVE? Love is a decision? Love is a feeling? Love is a commitment? Love is a journey of life? what is LOVE?

The bible tells us so much about LOVE.

"There is no fear in love: true love has no room for fear, because where fear is, there is pain; and he who is not free from fear is not complete in love. (1Jn4:18)"


Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. For we know in part and we prophesy in part, but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears. When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me. Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.

And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.
(1 Corinthians 13: 4-13)