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.
When I was a junior in High School I got laughed out of my english classroom for saying the following: "It is better to have loved and lost, than to never have loved at all". The worst part was I honestly thought that I had made up that quote because I had never heard it before. I guess for me I always thought that to live life without love is to live life without breathing. I have always been this sad little hopeless romantic.
It wasn't until I became Catholic until I realized what love really is, and how it was always right in front of me I just was oblivious. St. Paul fails in his description of love, not because of grammar or word choice, but because to understand love you must see it. The moment I truly understood love was the same moment I truly gazed upon Christ Crucified. Everytime I see that image my heart melts. Christ's love is the kind of love that bridges a gap between finite and eternal, damnation and salvation. So I asked myself how can I do this? How do I love like Christ? Because ultimately thats what life is about "To love as I have loved you". I think this is what St. Paul was tallking about when he speaks of Love enduring.
We are beings created by love, in the image and likeness of love. Since the begining really our only purpose is to love and be loved. However, its alot easier said than done. We live in a world where love has been twisted, where divorce rates are soring and infidelity is something that people film for entertainment. How are we to love if we never have a clear example of how to love, and how do we know what it means to be loved when we have never exeprienced it.
I can only speak for myself but, when I am with the person I love the most and you know who you are. I want to be by there side through everything, the good, the bad, the ugly. At every moment I want to make them smile, and I want to wrap my arms around them when they cry. I want to comfort them, but most of all even when they make a mistake I still want to be there. I want to endure with this person. Also I know that when I see this person smile it brings a warmth to my heart that I cant explain. And when we talk I could just listen for hours and still be happy. Even though I am scared of what may come, when I am around them I feel something that I only experience in one other place and that is peace. Maybe I crazy or out of my mind but "Love that is not madness is not love."
I dont know if this post makes any sense it may seem like a bunh of ramblimg but idk it was on my mind so I figured I would share.
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