I love You
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Then I'll wash it off and make us a salad. 
Why would you make the salad I love?
Would I need to hear to the words "I love you so I'm gonna make you a salad?
In this world today the word LOVE has been torn apart.
People need to hear the word in order to be loved. Yet action does not follow through.
It's all about emotions.
Love is not a feeling it's not words but an act of our will.
Your point is that love is a verb. Yet I would like to also say that love is expressed in words, as we have God's word as a picture of His love being expressed. So not only do we love in thought, and words, but also in deed. The Gospel is in essence God saying that He loves the world/humanity/us ("God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son..."). It is His love for us that provoked action. Love is an emotion, but love is acted upon.
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(I've quietly read this thread knowing you well enough to know you had a point, (and having no idea how to search for Jesus saying "I love you" in the Bible. ) And this is was rewarded by you making a good point. He never really did say it, did he?
Then I got to thinking about my relationship with hubby. We used to say, "I love you" a lot. But that dwindled greatly through the years. I'm not saying we don't show love anymore. We just show love, instead of saying it. (Can be a touch, a kiss, doing stuff for each other, sticking by each other when all goes wrong, etc.)
And I'm thinking I get why. We said it a lot in the beginning partly because of that romantic "in love" thingy that hits, but mostly because it takes a while to gain the trust that you are loved. If you think of all the relationships people have -- friendships, family relationships and romantic ones -- how many sure feel like trust, but ends up it wasn't? Or, it was trust, but trusting the person will hurt us.
How long does it take people to trust someone from that trust being earned? And why is that? Because even if we love someone, sooner or later, we're going to do something to hurt the person, on purpose or by accident.
What amazes me is the apostles trusted Jesus so very quickly. And why? Because he never-ever broke that trust. And, Jesus stood by them all absolutely knowing one was going to do something that would culminate in his tortuous death.
Very odd to be shown the action of love by someone even before my ancestors' ancestors were born, and the love keeps on going forever. On the love-is-action scale, greater love has no man than to live a perfect life and take on the worst death imaged because he loved me. Can't one-upmanship that kind of love. And humbling to accept it.
) And this is was rewarded by you making a good point. He never really did say it, did he?Then I got to thinking about my relationship with hubby. We used to say, "I love you" a lot. But that dwindled greatly through the years. I'm not saying we don't show love anymore. We just show love, instead of saying it. (Can be a touch, a kiss, doing stuff for each other, sticking by each other when all goes wrong, etc.)
And I'm thinking I get why. We said it a lot in the beginning partly because of that romantic "in love" thingy that hits, but mostly because it takes a while to gain the trust that you are loved. If you think of all the relationships people have -- friendships, family relationships and romantic ones -- how many sure feel like trust, but ends up it wasn't? Or, it was trust, but trusting the person will hurt us.
How long does it take people to trust someone from that trust being earned? And why is that? Because even if we love someone, sooner or later, we're going to do something to hurt the person, on purpose or by accident.
What amazes me is the apostles trusted Jesus so very quickly. And why? Because he never-ever broke that trust. And, Jesus stood by them all absolutely knowing one was going to do something that would culminate in his tortuous death.
Very odd to be shown the action of love by someone even before my ancestors' ancestors were born, and the love keeps on going forever. On the love-is-action scale, greater love has no man than to live a perfect life and take on the worst death imaged because he loved me. Can't one-upmanship that kind of love. And humbling to accept it.
This is a very interesting thread, Bill.
As a long-time single person, I have had many thoughts about the way our world and culture, especially today, idolizes love.
"Love" is someone who constantly adores us and tells us that they love us more than life itself (or at least, that's what they do in the movies); "love" is someone who constantly tells us we're needed and treasured and cherished; "love" is big shiny rings and flowers and candy and constant gifts and exotic trips with a beautiful person whose job we think it is to make us "feel" loved, happy, secure, and important--each and every day.
But yet, the God who made us in our own image doesn't necessarily do this. He showers us with His good care daily, but He doesn't seem to be very concerned about giving us emotional highs that this world teaches us to crave and seek. God hasn't filled the Bible with mushy, gushy, over-the-top sentimental statements to make us feel good, boost our self-esteem, or make us feel the way we seem to expect human love to make us feel.
I've read that God tells us, "Fear not!" 365 times in the Bible--one time for each day of the year. How interesting that God tells us, "Don't be afraid" (in other words, He is saying, "Trust Me!") every single day, but yet, He does not explicitly say, "I love you," not even once. Yes, we know He loves us. But for whatever reason, He has chosen to express this through actions and sacrifice rather than words.
And now this has me thinking.
* What is love between people really supposed to look like, if God is our role model?
* Should it be expressed less prominently in words, and more so in the sacrifices we make for another person?
* What does love really "feel" like, and how much feeling should really be involved at all? When you tell someone, "I love you," does God really want us to say, "I will make choices in your best interest, even if it costs me everything I have"?
* If this is so, where is the balance between sacrifice, self-preservation, and selfishness?
As a long-time single person, I have had many thoughts about the way our world and culture, especially today, idolizes love.
"Love" is someone who constantly adores us and tells us that they love us more than life itself (or at least, that's what they do in the movies); "love" is someone who constantly tells us we're needed and treasured and cherished; "love" is big shiny rings and flowers and candy and constant gifts and exotic trips with a beautiful person whose job we think it is to make us "feel" loved, happy, secure, and important--each and every day.
But yet, the God who made us in our own image doesn't necessarily do this. He showers us with His good care daily, but He doesn't seem to be very concerned about giving us emotional highs that this world teaches us to crave and seek. God hasn't filled the Bible with mushy, gushy, over-the-top sentimental statements to make us feel good, boost our self-esteem, or make us feel the way we seem to expect human love to make us feel.
I've read that God tells us, "Fear not!" 365 times in the Bible--one time for each day of the year. How interesting that God tells us, "Don't be afraid" (in other words, He is saying, "Trust Me!") every single day, but yet, He does not explicitly say, "I love you," not even once. Yes, we know He loves us. But for whatever reason, He has chosen to express this through actions and sacrifice rather than words.
And now this has me thinking.
* What is love between people really supposed to look like, if God is our role model?
* Should it be expressed less prominently in words, and more so in the sacrifices we make for another person?
* What does love really "feel" like, and how much feeling should really be involved at all? When you tell someone, "I love you," does God really want us to say, "I will make choices in your best interest, even if it costs me everything I have"?
* If this is so, where is the balance between sacrifice, self-preservation, and selfishness?
Boy are you ever nit-picking. "As I have loved you" is the same thing as I love you. Unless you think something has caused Him to stop. Do you?
John 13:34 "A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another."
John 15:12 "This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you."
John 13:34 "A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another."
John 15:12 "This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you."
Hi everyone.
I love you all.
Do you now feel loved and accept my love?
Maybe you do.
If you do why so?
If not why not?
Do you love me?
If so why so?
Heck I can't love myself.
Why would you love me?
What does the world today say about love and he we show it?
My mum only ever said she loved me when pissed, or when she took her anger out on me.
She had no concept of love.
To cover up and maybe to negate guilt she bought me gifts.
Today's society does same.
My kids have apple products.
They get e-mails.
It's Mother's DayShow your mother you love her, buy here the latest Ipad.
I love you all.
Do you now feel loved and accept my love?
Maybe you do.
If you do why so?
If not why not?
Do you love me?
If so why so?
Heck I can't love myself.
Why would you love me?
What does the world today say about love and he we show it?
My mum only ever said she loved me when pissed, or when she took her anger out on me.
She had no concept of love.
To cover up and maybe to negate guilt she bought me gifts.
Today's society does same.
My kids have apple products.
They get e-mails.
It's Mother's DayShow your mother you love her, buy here the latest Ipad.
Boy are you ever nit-picking. "As I have loved you" is the same thing as I love you. Unless you think something has caused Him to stop. Do you?
John 13:34 "A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another."
John 15:12 "This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you."
John 13:34 "A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another."
John 15:12 "This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you."
However, He also has said (through an apostle by His Spirit, be doers of the word and not just hearers.
Boy are you ever nit-picking. "As I have loved you" is the same thing as I love you. Unless you think something has caused Him to stop. Do you?
John 13:34 "A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another."
John 15:12 "This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you."
John 13:34 "A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another."
John 15:12 "This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you."
But there is purpose to my post.
Sorry people I have not made it clear.