Inspirational Tuesdays with The Fabulous Ms. Dallas
To Love. or to Love!
What is love? It is a word that is tossed around constantly and rolls of the tongue with ease, like a Spanish woman’s r’s. It’s a word that’s in serious demand with a seemingly huge supply but the need is somehow not being met.
If you took a survey of one hundred people and asked them what love was you would get a million different answers. The Merriam-Webster Dictionary describes love as: a strong affection for another arising out of kinship or personal ties; attraction based on sexual desire, affection and tenderness felt by lovers; affection based on admiration, benevolence, or common interests; an assurance of affection. The Urban Dictionary describes love as: the most spectacular, indescribable, deep euphoric feeling for someone. These are only a few of many definitions from just two different sources.
So why don’t we look at some examples of love to see if we can get a clearer picture. In order to locate a great example of love I looked to many different relationships that we see in society. What about Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries? According to Webster they had the strong affections for one another and attraction based on sexual desire. Oh, never mind, I forgot... Their divorce settlement issues are lasting way longer than the actual marriage. But for a minute there it looked like they were totally in love. Ok, well let’s move on... What about those sappy chic-flick movies when the nonchalant girl who’s awkwardly hot has no intentions of falling for the super sexy Blondie haired guy, and everything she does to repel him makes him fall madly in love with her. She then realizes that she can’t live without him after he decides to give up trying to win her heart and when she finds him she gives a really long speech about how she wasn’t looking for love but she somehow fell head over heels for him and now she wants to spend the rest of their lives together. And they live happily ever after! What? No? That’s not it either? But that kind of sounds like Urban’s definition though.
Actually, this is the reason why the divorce rate is so high. We can’t meet the demand, because we don’t even know how to supply it. When I look at the definitions the Webster and Urban dictionaries gave me I realize the small era that throws the entire operation off. They are using the word as if it is a noun. A noun is a word used to name a person, animal, place, thing, or abstract idea - it only describes an abstract idea, there’s no action required. Also, everything love is being described as has been reduced down to nothing but a feeling and feelings come and go no matter how strong they are. Love is a verb. A verb describes an action. And love requires action to make it valid. The reason why love is thrown around so much and cannot quench our thirst is because there is no action behind it. When you love something or someone you don’t just say it every once in a while, but you show it.
Here’s an exert from my upcoming book, Until You Love You, No One Else Will:.... Well, what is love? The dictionary, and the world, would have you think that love is an intense feeling of deep affection. Some equate that to dancing around singing some deep songs in church and then return to the normal way of life once the doors are open. No my friends. Love is an action. Love is a choice. God says in John 14:15 - if you love me, keep my commandments. It is evident that the word ‘keep’ entails action. So what is God saying. He’s saying, if you love me, then show me. Be obedient to God’s word. And, how do I do that, you ask. By showing love
to your neighbor, not stealing or killing, honoring your parents, abstaining from fornication and so on and so forth. Believe it or not, God put His money where His mouth was when He sent His Son to die for our sins. He shows us how much He loves everyday when He wakes us up. He shows us love every time He bestows His grace upon us when we fall and sin....
The Bible uses the word as if it is a verb and I love (no pun intended) Corinthians’ description of love because it encompasses so much of it’s true characteristics. I Corinthians 13: 4-8 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, 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... This sounds nothing like Webster or Urban Dictionary and I see a whole lot of action in those words.
We don’t get many real love examples when we look to the world, but there are a few great examples that come to mind. The first love I thought of was a Mother’s Love. Some feel you can’t get no better! We recently celebrated Mother’s Day and as I purchased gifts for mine I thought back to all the things that made her love so great. I remember one time my mom was cooking and some hot grease popped in her eye. I saw it happen and I knew it was painful. I saw her beautiful hazel and brown eyes tear up, but she continued to cook because she had a family to feed. I even remember her jumping into a lake to save my sister from drowning. She looked like Super Woman flying through the air. She even managed to save a man having a heart attack too! Now that’s love!
What about in a romantic relationships. Investing time into the relationship and sacrificing some things are ways to actively show love. Love is not just saying ‘I love you!’, it is: not cheating on a spouse because you want to protect them and your marriage mentally, spiritually, and physically; having those hard talks with your spouse when you don’t want to in order to keep the communication lines open; sacrificing time with the guys or girls for date night with each other. Love is manifested even greater when you don’t want to act on it but do any way.
So, remember friends, the moral of the story is that when it comes to love - you have to put your money where your mouth is and follow through with actions that validates your claims!
Come follow me on Twitter @fabulusmsdallas... Toodles!!!!
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To Love. or to Love!What is love? It is a word that is tossed around constantly and rolls of the tongue with ease, like a Spanish woman’s r’s. It’s a word that’s in serious demand with a seemingly huge supply but the need is somehow not being met.
If you took a survey of one hundred people and asked them what love was you would get a million different answers. The Merriam-Webster Dictionary describes love as: a strong affection for another arising out of kinship or personal ties; attraction based on sexual desire, affection and tenderness felt by lovers; affection based on admiration, benevolence, or common interests; an assurance of affection. The Urban Dictionary describes love as: the most spectacular, indescribable, deep euphoric feeling for someone. These are only a few of many definitions from just two different sources.
So why don’t we look at some examples of love to see if we can get a clearer picture. In order to locate a great example of love I looked to many different relationships that we see in society. What about Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries? According to Webster they had the strong affections for one another and attraction based on sexual desire. Oh, never mind, I forgot... Their divorce settlement issues are lasting way longer than the actual marriage. But for a minute there it looked like they were totally in love. Ok, well let’s move on... What about those sappy chic-flick movies when the nonchalant girl who’s awkwardly hot has no intentions of falling for the super sexy Blondie haired guy, and everything she does to repel him makes him fall madly in love with her. She then realizes that she can’t live without him after he decides to give up trying to win her heart and when she finds him she gives a really long speech about how she wasn’t looking for love but she somehow fell head over heels for him and now she wants to spend the rest of their lives together. And they live happily ever after! What? No? That’s not it either? But that kind of sounds like Urban’s definition though.
Actually, this is the reason why the divorce rate is so high. We can’t meet the demand, because we don’t even know how to supply it. When I look at the definitions the Webster and Urban dictionaries gave me I realize the small era that throws the entire operation off. They are using the word as if it is a noun. A noun is a word used to name a person, animal, place, thing, or abstract idea - it only describes an abstract idea, there’s no action required. Also, everything love is being described as has been reduced down to nothing but a feeling and feelings come and go no matter how strong they are. Love is a verb. A verb describes an action. And love requires action to make it valid. The reason why love is thrown around so much and cannot quench our thirst is because there is no action behind it. When you love something or someone you don’t just say it every once in a while, but you show it.
Here’s an exert from my upcoming book, Until You Love You, No One Else Will:.... Well, what is love? The dictionary, and the world, would have you think that love is an intense feeling of deep affection. Some equate that to dancing around singing some deep songs in church and then return to the normal way of life once the doors are open. No my friends. Love is an action. Love is a choice. God says in John 14:15 - if you love me, keep my commandments. It is evident that the word ‘keep’ entails action. So what is God saying. He’s saying, if you love me, then show me. Be obedient to God’s word. And, how do I do that, you ask. By showing love
to your neighbor, not stealing or killing, honoring your parents, abstaining from fornication and so on and so forth. Believe it or not, God put His money where His mouth was when He sent His Son to die for our sins. He shows us how much He loves everyday when He wakes us up. He shows us love every time He bestows His grace upon us when we fall and sin....
The Bible uses the word as if it is a verb and I love (no pun intended) Corinthians’ description of love because it encompasses so much of it’s true characteristics. I Corinthians 13: 4-8 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, 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... This sounds nothing like Webster or Urban Dictionary and I see a whole lot of action in those words.
We don’t get many real love examples when we look to the world, but there are a few great examples that come to mind. The first love I thought of was a Mother’s Love. Some feel you can’t get no better! We recently celebrated Mother’s Day and as I purchased gifts for mine I thought back to all the things that made her love so great. I remember one time my mom was cooking and some hot grease popped in her eye. I saw it happen and I knew it was painful. I saw her beautiful hazel and brown eyes tear up, but she continued to cook because she had a family to feed. I even remember her jumping into a lake to save my sister from drowning. She looked like Super Woman flying through the air. She even managed to save a man having a heart attack too! Now that’s love!
What about in a romantic relationships. Investing time into the relationship and sacrificing some things are ways to actively show love. Love is not just saying ‘I love you!’, it is: not cheating on a spouse because you want to protect them and your marriage mentally, spiritually, and physically; having those hard talks with your spouse when you don’t want to in order to keep the communication lines open; sacrificing time with the guys or girls for date night with each other. Love is manifested even greater when you don’t want to act on it but do any way.
So, remember friends, the moral of the story is that when it comes to love - you have to put your money where your mouth is and follow through with actions that validates your claims!
Come follow me on Twitter @fabulusmsdallas... Toodles!!!!
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