Have you ever found this kind of love?

What a Love ...

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails.

This verse describes the characteristics of true love. These qualities can certainly be found in the person of Muhammad SAW and Isa AS and so on (All of Prophets)..., and they can be found in all truly loving relationships. The problem with trying to “find” love in our dating lives, is that too often we don't look for these characteristics. Rather we look at physical appearance, popularity, or wealth. These are not the qualities that God looks at and neither should we.

Love is best seen as devotion and action, not an emotion. Love is not exclusively based on how we feel. Certainly our emotions are involved, but they cannot be our only criteria for love. True devotion will always lead to action—true love.

Sex is not love! Our culture has taught us that sex and love are one in the same. This is a lie. Sex is a beautiful God-given activity that is wonderful when practiced within the boundaries of a God Word. Sex is the completion of the binding of two people within God Word; it is a God-given gift. Premarital sex is not love, it only leads to pain and disappointment for those who are seeking that love. Sex is consummation of that union. When two people break off their relationship after having sex, it is like ripping apart flesh. This is why two teenagers will struggle so much and become so dependent on those they give their bodies to...it is easy to see that premarital sex is not patient, it is not kind, it does not protect, it is self-seeking. It is not love!

We can only identify true love and know when we have found it, based on the Word of God. When we match our relationships up to what the God says that love is - and we are honestly prepared to make a life-long commitment to that person - then we can say that we are truly "in love".