We use this word, 'LOVE', on a daily-basis. We say "I love you!" or hear someone say that pretty much everyday. But have you felt that it feels kinda empty after you say that? Or have you questioned yourself, "Really?? Do I?" I use it all the time. I actually love using the word, love. I love chocolate. I love ice cream. I love Penn State football. If you know me, you have heard me say these all the time. But what does it really mean to love? Is it the feeling that you have for someone? Is it just used to make someone feel better? Or is it something else? If you think it's enough to say that you love someone to really love someone, you are probably missing the whole thing. You may know what it's like to love someone, but you may not know to love someone.
The word, LOVE, does not just refer to the feeling that you have for someone you love. It is really an active word. It is not about giving your boyfriend/girlfriend a kiss and/or hug when you see them. It is not about say that you love them when you talk on the phone. It is a lot more that any of that.
Most people have their best friend(s). The friends who are always there for you when you need them. And hopefully you are someone's best friend also. When your best friend needs you, you will be willing to help him/her any way you can, right? When your best friend's car breaks down in the middle of freeway and call you for help, you will probably say "Yes." and help him/her out or at least try to. When your best friend is crying at the corner of school hallway, you will ask him/her why, give a hug, or try to help. That is because you love him/her.
But the true ultimate love that you can get is not the love you can get from your best friend or even your family. It is given to you for free. Someone loves you so much that that person has given it to you. Have you ever felt like you have to help your friend because he/she helped you before? I have too.
"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life." John 3:16 The greatest love that you can get is given to you not because of anything else but because God loved you. And it's perfect! He sent His only Son, Jesus, to this world to be crucified on the cross so our sins are forgiven and so we can have life free from sins. Could your dad give up your life because he loved someone so much? Could you give up your own child for someone else that you don't even know?? Well, He knows you even if you do not.
So, what does it really mean to love someone? If you can do the same thing that you would do for your best friend to anyone out there regardless of whether or not you know them, it comes a little closer to it. But not because you have to but because you really care about them and love them. It is hard to do that for someone you don't even know. Think of yourself in a new school that you have just transferred to. You don't know anyone and have to sit alone in a cafeteria and eat lunch. What would it feel like? How would you feel like if someone came up to you and sat with you to eat lunch together? That person would have just made your day. Then, why wouldn't you do the same to the others?? You don't have to do anything amazing to show that you love them and care about them. A little thing that you do may mean a world to someone. It's amazing that how much a little thing can touch someone's heart.
The amazing, incredible, unconditional, bestest, indescribable, .... (you can add as many adjectives as you can think of and it's not even close to be enough) love is all yours but only if you believe in Him.
