Love is such a complicated subject. We look around and see so many people expressing love in ways that don’t fit with what we were taught growing up and don’t know what to do. The default answer is go with what we think is expected and hope for the best.
But my understanding of love is different. It’s a verb. It’s something we choose to do separate from what the world around us wants done. The choice to “love” is outside of what is expected by anyone in our current American society.
What is love? Haddaway had a whole “hit” song about this that drove my generation to think about “love” in certain ways”. ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLA0XTO3Avw](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLA0XTO3Avw "smartCard-inline") )
I prefer to think about love in the way that TobyMac and DC Talk presented it ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhzCrNd1zOA](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhzCrNd1zOA "smartCard-inline") ).
Love at Christmas is a baby being injected into a world that belonged to another king, and this baby brought love and hope to a people surrounded by hoplessness and desire. I hope that you can look to the ceiling and believe that God is listening despite you being in a different kingdom and that he will answer your prayers in ways that don’t make sense right now but that work toward our good.
Bonus material:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slyevQ1LW7A
The Beatles - All You Need is Love
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVgKio0z1hY&list=PLOJgNPpZvsA2JGb8sOpujVMF3jSuMDOcA&index=26
