I have been doing a lot of reading lately about leadership. One of the books that I just finished is The World's Most Powerful Leadership Principle - How to become a servant leader, by James Hunter. Aside from everything that I have been learning about leadership and character it provided me with a great reminder about love and what love is.
I think when we think about love we tend to think about feelings: love as an adjective. But love is a verb, an action, something we do. And if we look at how God defines love, it truly makes sense. We have gone to weddings and even in my own wedding we had 1 Corinthians 13 read. Let me recap for you:
"Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy , it does not boast, it is not proud (humble). It is not self-seeking (selfless), it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs (forgiving). Love does not delight in evil but rejoices in truth (honest). It always protects, trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails (committed)."
I know in therapy and it general, love is something that tends to be difficult to define, almost like we just think of the feelings of love. But when we use the Bible's definition, its like "duh" of course that is what love it. Interesting enough when asked what makes a leader - many people define leadership with the same definition as love - humble, selfless, forgiving, honest, kind, respectful and committed. And if we look at the greatest Leader of them all - Jesus, this would make perfect sense, because Jesus is Love / God is Love.
I have been wanting to share my thoughts about his, not sure exactly why, just because it is one of those things that seems obvious but isn't because we are not always thinking about it. It definitely allows me to put my actions into perspective - I say I love this person... so are my actions in line with what I think?
I think when we think about love we tend to think about feelings: love as an adjective. But love is a verb, an action, something we do. And if we look at how God defines love, it truly makes sense. We have gone to weddings and even in my own wedding we had 1 Corinthians 13 read. Let me recap for you:
"Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy , it does not boast, it is not proud (humble). It is not self-seeking (selfless), it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs (forgiving). Love does not delight in evil but rejoices in truth (honest). It always protects, trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails (committed)."
I know in therapy and it general, love is something that tends to be difficult to define, almost like we just think of the feelings of love. But when we use the Bible's definition, its like "duh" of course that is what love it. Interesting enough when asked what makes a leader - many people define leadership with the same definition as love - humble, selfless, forgiving, honest, kind, respectful and committed. And if we look at the greatest Leader of them all - Jesus, this would make perfect sense, because Jesus is Love / God is Love.
I have been wanting to share my thoughts about his, not sure exactly why, just because it is one of those things that seems obvious but isn't because we are not always thinking about it. It definitely allows me to put my actions into perspective - I say I love this person... so are my actions in line with what I think?
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