Love should be. (Easter is)

It took me years to realize it, but Easter is my favorite holiday.
Not because of chocolate and big dinners or anything.

Because..its about God.
It is spring to me. Its new beginnings. Its right off of Lent where you are giving up something for the bettering of yourself.

Its resurrection. Of course Im one of those people who always confuse in Christmas with Easter.
Because it makes sense. Jesus was born to die for us. The two holidays are linked in that one huge big way.

But I like Easter because Easter is love to me.



And lately its been on my mind what love is and what love isnt.

Because love to me is sacrificial.
It is giving all the time, not necessarily always receiving.
It is giving because of want, not need.

It is forgiving flaws in light of the good, in light of what could be.
Love is unconditional. Always there, always love.

Im studying for a health midterm and in taking about how to be in a good friendship it says "Be altruistic; that is, be generous without expecting anything in return"


Im blown away. Because what doctors and scientists and experts say about love and relationships-all of it-you see Jesus act out in the bible.
We should following Jesus and his examples.

We should be acting out this kind of love.

There is no better day of any year than Easter to realize how much he loved us, why he did, how he did.

He died so that we would have a better life.

Love should be this.

Love should not be depicted by movies and tv: jealous, revengeful, lustful, evil, flip-flopping, infatuated, breakable.
It disgusts me how easily love and relationships are taken for granted.
This things should be for life.

"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.
And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love."
1 Corinthians 13:4-8,13