What is love?

1If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. 2If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. 3If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing. 4Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. (1 corinthians 13:4-7)

I was challenged recently by the "what is it-ness" of love. :) If you are wondering why I "love" to talk about "love," I hope this may help you. Because, this is is my understanding of love. The world may say love is "spending time with people, giving people stuff, doing things for people, writing them e-mails all the time and sending flowers, marrying someone, etc." I don't care. I want to be this. I want to be known to be like this. I want to imitate this. I want to do what it causes me to do. I'm obsessed because this kind of love has found me, and rescued me from a dull, boring life. How can I not be obsessed? I was blind, but now I see. And dog-gone everything else. I want you, my brothers and sisters to be this too.