THE WAY OF HAPPINESS - Love

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HUMANS CRAVE LOVE.   No marriage, family, or friendship can thrive without it.  It stands to reason, therefore, that love is essential to mental health and happiness.  What, though, is meant by "love"?  

The love referred here is not romantic love, which, of course, has its place.  Rather, it is a superior  form of love that causes a person to show sincere concern for the welfare of others, even putting them before self.  It is love that is guided by godly principles but is by no means devoid of warmth and feeling.

 A beautiful description of love states: "Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous. It does not brag, does  not get puffed up, does not behave indecently, does not look for its own interests, does not become provoked.  It does not keep account of the injury. It does not rejoice over unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth. It bears all things, . . .hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails."- 1 CORINTHIANS  13:4-8. 

Such love "never fails"  in that it will never cease to exist.  Indeed, it can strong stronger over time.  And because it is patient, kind, and forgiving, it is a perfect bond of union."  (Colossians 3:14) Hence, relationships bound by such love are both secure and happy despite the imperfections of the individuals.  For example, consider the marriage union.

Next time: THE WAY OF HAPPINESS - UNITED BY "A PERFECT BOND OF UNION" 

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