Hey I Googled it..."What is love"
There is the most famous biblical chapter on love from
1 Corinthians:If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing. 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. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. For we know in part and we prophesy in part, but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears. When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me. Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known. And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.
(1 Corinthians 13:1-13)
This is only part of what...
Definitions of love on the Web are:
- a strong positive emotion of regard and affection; "his love for his work"; "children need a lot of love"
- any object of warm affection or devotion; "the theater was her first love"; "he has a passion for cock fighting";
- have a great affection or liking for; "I love French food"; "She loves her boss and works hard for him"
- beloved: a beloved person; used as terms of endearment
- get pleasure from; "I love cooking"
- a deep feeling of sexual desire and attraction; "their love left them indifferent to their surroundings"; "she was his first love"
- be enamored or in love with; "She loves her husband deeply"
- a score of zero in tennis or squash; "it was 40 love"
- sleep together: have sexual intercourse with; "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve"; "Were you ever intimate with this man?"
- sexual love: sexual activities (often including sexual intercourse) between two people; "his lovemaking disgusted her"; "he hadn't had any love in months"; "he has a very complicated love life"
wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
Oh and there is so much more:
define:love - Google Search
Got this website when I ask for it biblically defined:
Love Defined (by the Bible)
What is love?
Everybody seems to believe that love is a good thing. However, not all agree what is love. Is love that warm touchy-feely feeling a person has when he is with a familiar person? According to the Bible, love is caring in action. Love isn't what we feel, but what we do.
by Rich Deem
And as far as trusting...I believe for myself anyway, every one deserves to be trusted until they have given reason not to be trusted. Which gets me a lesson taught every now and again...