What does love look like?

What if our definition of love is so flawed and corrupted that we don't understand how to love God? Love is more than sentiment. Love is more than just feeling His embrace and cherishing His presence. Jesus said if I love Him I obey Him. Love is active. It is not passive. It is not a "Dead Sea" which only receives and never gives out. If I'm only receiving God's love and not acting in it, love is not complete. Oh God, teach us how to love You!!

I love the song "Arms Wide Open" by Misty Edwards..

"What does love look like? is the question I've been pondering

What does love look like? is the question I've been asking of You

I once believed that love was romance, just a chance

I even thought that love was for the lucky and the beautiful

I once believed that love was a momentary bliss but love is more than this

All You ever wanted was my attention

All You ever wanted was love from me

All You ever wanted was my affection, to sit here at Your feet....

Then tell me, What does love look like?...

Then I sat down, a little frustrated and confused

If all of life comes down to love then love has to be more than sentiment

More than selfishness an selfish gain

Then I saw Him there hanging on a tree looking at me....

He was looking at me, looking at Him, staring through me

I could not escape those beautiful eyes

And I began to weep and weep

He had arms wide open, heart exposed

Arms wide open

He was bleeding...

Love's definition was looking at me

Looking at Him hanging on a tree

And I began to weep and weep and weep

This is how I know what love is"