Love is many things. And many things are NOT love. But there is something that love always lifts up - truth. This doesn’t mean that love is unfiltered or unfeeling. So much more than that, love speaks truth in a way that lifts up and breathes life into others.

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It is fairly intuitive that if someone is really being loving, then they will lean into patience and kindness. And the Bible affirms this notion. However, it may not be as intuitive to know that there are many things that love must leave behind if it truly is patient and kind. And one of the hardest is letting go of the evil that’s been done to us.

Love is a many faceted thing ... but there are also many things that love is NOT. If we're going to truly, really love, there are things we'll need to leave behind. And it might not be as easy as you think!

What are some of the core components of love? Is it affection or duty? How about inclination or obligation? There are many things that love is, but the Bible lets us know of two things that are indispensable: patience and kindness. So what about it? Are these things that you would use to describe yourself, or do you need to evaluate what it means to be a loving person?

Love is in the air. Love is all around us. Love is something we talk about all the time ... but love is also misunderstood. It is romanticized, and it is trivialized. But love - true love, real love - really does shed light on what it means that we are to be truly human.