Have you ever tried to explain your understanding of love? If you have, you’re probably amazed at how little you actually know about that simple word. Love has only four letters, but it’s very complicated. It could be compared to understanding how infinite the Universe is. The Universe extends outward forever while being infinite in time. So we try to explain, two infinite equations, multiplied by each other. How can we ever reach an answer when there isn’t one?

We’re capable of loving one who has passed, perhaps many years ago. Their love for us is still vivid as our love for them. We can also love someone with passion who’s located on the other side of the world as if they were still standing in front of us.

Corinthians 13:4-84 says, “Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, 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.”

When I read that verse, I have an idea what love isn’t and a few words saying what it always is, but still no idea of love.

I believe love was a gift from God in the beginning. It’s said to have started with Adam and Eve. Now I’m beginning to understand what I don’t understand. I’ve tried to explain God with words and it’s never worked. I think love is in the same category as God. It’s a knowing, a feeling experienced by each one of us who’s found that power and knows it’s inside as well as around. God and love are manifested in nature. The flower has God and love along with every other creature. Love transcends the dimension of time and space.

In conclusion, love cannot be explained with words. If you feel it, you know it’s real. The same is with God.