The Top 10 Ways To Know if It's Love

10. Does not say "Me First!"


9. Believes the best about others.


8. Does not "keep score" of the bad things others do.


7. Does not tear down others.


6. Is not conceited.


5. Is patient with others.


4. Is not happy when someone gets hurt.


3. Helps out others, even if it's inconvenient.


2. Celebrates the successes of others.


1. Never quits.




LOVE. According to psychologists, the most  basic human need is to love and be loved. There is no power greater than love. It can motivate people to do thins for others they wouldn't normally do.


But if love is such a beautiful thing, so essential to life, why is there so little of it in the world? The answer is simple. True love is more than a sentimental, gushy feeling. Love is a decision, a choice we each must make.


The greatest demonstration of love is to give our life for the person we love. God did that. even before we were born, He demonstrated His great love for us when He gave His Only Son Jesus to die on the cross for our sins so we could have forgiveness and eternal life in Him. That is what love is. It gives, selflessly, even sacrificially. It unconditionally provides for the one that is loved.


This kind of love comes only from God. God's very being is love. When we rebel against God by setting up our own value system, rejecting his authority, we lose the very source of true love - God.


Away from its source, love becomes temporary. It becomes selfish and demanding. It takes, rather than gives.


God's love gives and forgives. It is constant, dependable and lasting. It fulfills and satisfies the deepest need.


When we connect with God, His love enables us to love others as He loves, even our enemies. We can love others without expecting or demanding anything in return.


This kind of love is for real. It can be ours when we connect with God through His Son Jesus, then His love will flow freely through our hearts to others.




We all have a mis thoughts about "love", so here I tell you;


We may becoming an expert in "it's-all-about-me-love", which is not really love at all. It is easy to measure love by outside appearance or social standing. But if we look to the best love there is, the love that God has for us, we will find that God loves us right now, just as we are. In fact He loves you so much , He's not willing to let you stay the way you are. He wants to help you become an even better you.


Love is not just a feeling; it is not something that changes with emotions. Love is a choice.


Love has to do with commitment, not just feelings. This is to be lived out to be real. So let our thoughts turn into actions. Remember, most people aren't used to receiving unconditional love. But even the most skeptical are often won over in time, so don't give up!...


SOURCE: The Book of Hope [hopenet.net.ph]