10) On Love

Love is a rather abstract concept, and is defined by everyone differently. Therefore, I must define love for the reader. Love is the willful act of putting someone else's interests before one's own. Therefore, one can love without liking, or vice versa. Love is, most importantly, NOT a feeling. The risk in my defining of love is that the Bible uses the word frequently. My definition ought not to be assumed as the biblical definition. The reason love is important though, is obvious by a quick glane at the gospels. We are called to love others and God. God loves us enough to send his son. This love is, I believe, agape. Agape is the Greek word for love in the devotional sense, which I am trying to describe. Christian love can also be called charity, according to C. S. Lewis, but that is an even more confusing words than love.