Love is...

Ah, to love and be loved, this is the essence of life. As Natalie Cole sang, "The greatest thing you'll ever learn, is to love and be loved in return." The Beatles sang "All you need is love." These profound melodies became the mantra of Ewan McGregor's character in the film Moulin Rouge, as he quipped, "Love is a many splendid thing. Love lifts us up where we belong. All you need is love!" And then he sets about in a grandiose duet with a cynical Nicole Kidman, trying to convince her of the purity, purpose, and power of love.

Our hearts are lifted when we experience these pop-culture moments, because there is so much Truth echoing in this artistry. We want so badly to Believe, and yet, like Nicole Kidman's character, we become cynical as "real life" teaches us that these are just whimsical yearnings of a naive idealist's soul. 

But what if these yearnings were NOT whimsical? What if we were NOT naive or hopelessly idealistic to Believe such things. What if these cliches of pop-culture really did resound of eternal Truth?

In order to know the answers to these questions, we have to know what love is. If we could comprehend what love is, then perhaps we could know if it truly is 'all we need'. Over the next several days/posts, Erica and I are going to explore what love is, and we'll give personal insights and examples of how we've seen it lived out. 

Fortunately for us all, we're not going to be basing our definition what we think love is, but on how God himself defines it in 1 Corinthinans 13:1-8. So get ready for the most exciting blog series to hit Kirk Haven yet.

"And now I will show you the most excellent way." 1 Corithians 12:31

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