Awakened and Aligned

defeat, for it never gives up. 8 Love never stops loving …” (1Corinthians 13:1-8a TPT)

A Look at True Love

There is much talk about what love is, what love isn't, about being in love, and finding true love. Human words try to describe love because there is such a longing to be loved, but only Love Himself can show us what perfect love really looks like.

What does this love look like?

The only way we will know is if we set our sights on True Love.

Looking for love in all the wrong places…

When we expect another human being to be our source of happiness, to fulfill us, to complete us, or to be our hope of security, we have put a burden on them that they were never designed to carry. Not only do we load them down with expectations that they could never meet, but we also make ourselves captive to dependency on them. It’s a lose -lose situation.

There is only One who can fill this need and longing in us.

His name is God, Who IS Love. And His Son, Jesus Christ, Who is His exact representation. His love brings purpose and fills the void of emptiness inside of us. Our identity, value and worth, comes only from Him. His love is perfect and is our total source of security; it drives away every fear because

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