What is TRUE love?

These days I'm going through a lots of ups and downs in my life (roller coaster ride!). The problems is with myself, family, and also friends, but mostly it's the struggle within myself. Well, to keep it short is that I'm being attacked by fear. Fear of losing, as you can say.

And as I was talking with my best friend, Josh. And as I was talking to him, God, I don't know how, used me to remind Josh about trusting in Him. As we ended our conversation for the night, I sought after God about the problems that I was going through within myself, seeking help. And God showed me this verse:

1 Corinthians 13, but focusing on verses 4 through 8a

"Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil: does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails..." (NKJV)

I knew what Love was, but I was not showing that TRUE love of God. I envied, acted rudely, sought my own desires, and did not rejoice in the truth. The love that I had was doing it, or trying to keep it, by my own strength. I had no trust in God. I had no hope.

But as we can see in the Scripture, God's love never fails.

"Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God: and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. he who does not love does not know God, for God is love. In this the love of God was manifested toward us, that god has sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him. In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation of our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another." (1 John 4:7-11) NKJV

True love is from God, and only by the strength of God can we love one another. I couldn't do it with my strength. My love was selfish, you could say in most parts. But what's great about it is that God is still changing me to the person whom He wants me to be.

So as an encouragement is that let God help you with every situation that He has allowed it to happen, instead of being bitter about it and trying to avoid it. Because I was doing that, and I have fallen.

Love can over come anything.

and this is for Josh, "love can overcome any poison..." haha