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.
For me,Love is not just affectionate,but it is a steady wish for the loved person/persons ultimate good as far as it can be obtained.I show my love and feel it as i give and receive...I remember trying to discern the 'meaning of it" when I married my 3rd wife, it wasn't beauty,or intelligence or sex or any of that, it was when I opened the kitchen cabinets and there was the 'box of jujyfruits" I had been dreaming about,it was looking for something and it was there,it was the knowing in my heart ,that person would be there for me and I was more important to her than she was to herself and I also feel the same,for me in order, ,My God, others and self next(andGod determines that order for me)and selfless acts for the one I love.Yes Don, you got that correct,we know what lust is,,............as we know(and this is individualized) God loves us,we then love others....Yes I do hear hear bells ringing(not only Tinnitus from 50 years of shotguns and banging drums)but when I weigh all facets of what God has bleesed my life with, man LOVE IS BLISS!!....................and yes it still does take work daily....!!!(for me anyway)
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Our purpose is to remain clean,just for today,and to carry the message of recovery.
