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Love Is...
Not being able to eat, sleep, think or even breathe when he is in pain. His pain is my pain, and it's tearing me apart. Right now there's nothing I want more than to take him in my arms and comfort him, heal him and make everything well again. But I can't.
Not being able to eat, sleep, think or even breathe when he is in pain. His pain is my pain, and it's tearing me apart. Right now there's nothing I want more than to take him in my arms and comfort him, heal him and make everything well again. But I can't.
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Love is constant
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Love is a hurtin' thang
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Antfarmer77 said:
It heals...
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...and scarsNirvanadragones said:It heals...
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This was posted a while ago by Gallant, technical but excellent:
"This discussion below has been circulating on the net for some time and it obviously has Bible references which I believe is the primary source. One does not have to agree with it all, but I believe it offers some deep insight and fundamental truths:"
Epithymia is never translated "love" yet it is an important part of love. It means a strong desire of any kind or to long for or even covet. When translated in a negative way, it is the equivalent of lust. Within marriage, epithymia means the strong sexual desire a couple has that results in sexual intercourse.
Eros is sensual love. It means devoted to or arousing sexual desire. To feel eros is to be strongly affected by sexual desire. It can be controlled and positive, or uncontrolled and sinful. It is the desire to unite with and possess the loved one. The English word erotic is derived from the word eros. Whereas erotic love is important within marriage, outside of marriage erotic love engenders neither the commitment not the staying power needed to hold a relationship together. It is based solely on intense physical feelings. Feelings of eros can be selfish and self-serving.
Phileo is friendship love, a type of love that should have high priority in a marriage and long before. It means companionship, communication, cooperation, and pure enjoyment in being with someone called "friend." Thoughts, attitudes, experiences, feelings, and dreams are shared through phileo love. It cherishes and enjoys the presence of the other.
Agape love, the highest type of love expressed in the Bible, values and serves the loved one. It loves the unlovable. It keeps erotic love alive and possesses the power to rekindle what has died. It is an act of the will not based on feelings. Agape love is a deep reservoir that provides stability even during times of stress and conflict. It is perhaps by God's love for us as exemplified in John 3:16. Agape love originates from God, not from within us. Agape love costs. God models this love throughout Scripture. It is an art that may take a lifetime to learn.
Genuine love has a bit of all five types of love in it but is dominated by agape love. To experience this kind of love, you have to risk being rejected or feeling unloved. It means wanting the best for your loved one even if the best opposes your personal wishes. Love means encouraging and supporting each others dreams even if it costs you something. It means wanting your partner to achieve and become all he can be even if it becomes threatening to you. Love also means giving security when it is needed and as well as space when privacy is desired.
This kind of love is God’s creative gift to us and can be enjoyed to its fullest only within the safety and security of marriage. We are only able to love because He first loved us. It is through his love that we are freed from the hurt of past relationships and are willing to risk loving again. Through Him we no longer need to be dominated by rejection and failure.
Even genuine love changes over the years. The intense love you feel for someone now can grow stale or intensify. That's the way love is. It is fragile and needs constant nourishment to flourish. But also remember that in genuine love there's a good measure of agape love, which creates a God like ability to love even when we are not loved in return.
"This discussion below has been circulating on the net for some time and it obviously has Bible references which I believe is the primary source. One does not have to agree with it all, but I believe it offers some deep insight and fundamental truths:"
Epithymia is never translated "love" yet it is an important part of love. It means a strong desire of any kind or to long for or even covet. When translated in a negative way, it is the equivalent of lust. Within marriage, epithymia means the strong sexual desire a couple has that results in sexual intercourse.
Eros is sensual love. It means devoted to or arousing sexual desire. To feel eros is to be strongly affected by sexual desire. It can be controlled and positive, or uncontrolled and sinful. It is the desire to unite with and possess the loved one. The English word erotic is derived from the word eros. Whereas erotic love is important within marriage, outside of marriage erotic love engenders neither the commitment not the staying power needed to hold a relationship together. It is based solely on intense physical feelings. Feelings of eros can be selfish and self-serving.
Phileo is friendship love, a type of love that should have high priority in a marriage and long before. It means companionship, communication, cooperation, and pure enjoyment in being with someone called "friend." Thoughts, attitudes, experiences, feelings, and dreams are shared through phileo love. It cherishes and enjoys the presence of the other.
Agape love, the highest type of love expressed in the Bible, values and serves the loved one. It loves the unlovable. It keeps erotic love alive and possesses the power to rekindle what has died. It is an act of the will not based on feelings. Agape love is a deep reservoir that provides stability even during times of stress and conflict. It is perhaps by God's love for us as exemplified in John 3:16. Agape love originates from God, not from within us. Agape love costs. God models this love throughout Scripture. It is an art that may take a lifetime to learn.
Genuine love has a bit of all five types of love in it but is dominated by agape love. To experience this kind of love, you have to risk being rejected or feeling unloved. It means wanting the best for your loved one even if the best opposes your personal wishes. Love means encouraging and supporting each others dreams even if it costs you something. It means wanting your partner to achieve and become all he can be even if it becomes threatening to you. Love also means giving security when it is needed and as well as space when privacy is desired.
This kind of love is God’s creative gift to us and can be enjoyed to its fullest only within the safety and security of marriage. We are only able to love because He first loved us. It is through his love that we are freed from the hurt of past relationships and are willing to risk loving again. Through Him we no longer need to be dominated by rejection and failure.
Even genuine love changes over the years. The intense love you feel for someone now can grow stale or intensify. That's the way love is. It is fragile and needs constant nourishment to flourish. But also remember that in genuine love there's a good measure of agape love, which creates a God like ability to love even when we are not loved in return.
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Fucking awesome!!!
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Cleaning up puke or poo because the other person can't hardely stomach doing it, even though you can barely stomach it yourself, and being pleased that you could spare them the discomfort.
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An illusion, all too often broken when reality cuts it down like a samurai to an opposing samurai.
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Kain__Thornn said:
Oh, but when reality compliments and completes that love.... absolute bliss
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Nirvanadragones said:Oh, but when reality compliments and completes that love.... absolute bliss
The illusion won't resolve for me, I've been at it too long. I'm content to just let it fade as it nears.
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pissing me off today...
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looking at my woman
love for me is the look across the room at my wife knowing she is feeling the exact thing I am.
love for me is the look across the room at my wife knowing she is feeling the exact thing I am.
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Her smile making all that is wrong right again.
The brightness in her eyes warming my heart.
A voice far away pulling the world into a small special place called ours.
The brightness in her eyes warming my heart.
A voice far away pulling the world into a small special place called ours.
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dunno what it is but i'll let ya all know when i find out
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femininity said:
Ah, but you see, fem - that's only because you haven't met me
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scheherazade_79 said:Ah, but you see, fem - that's only because you haven't met me
We need a UK Litogether. When was the last one?
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Love is... sharing with her what you do for a living, and her taking a genuine interest and being proud of what you do, and how you do it.
