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Knowing it now
<p>Oh, to be loved.</p><p>Oh, how great it is to be loved.</p><p>Oh, how I desire to be loved.</p><p><br/></p><p>But what is love?</p><p><br/></p><p>And do I really want it — or do I just want attention?</p><p>Has the word “love” lost its meaning?</p><p>Do I want love, or do I want to be loved?</p><p><br/></p><p>If I’m loved, would I even know that I’m being loved?</p><p>If I’m given love, would I even know what it is?</p><p><br/></p><p>The Bible tells me “God is love,” so I looked to Him.</p><p>1 Corinthians 13 showed me what love truly is:</p><p><br/></p><p>> Love is patient and kind.</p><p>Love is not jealous or boastful or proud or rude.</p><p>It does not demand its own way.</p><p>It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged.</p><p>It does not rejoice about injustice,</p><p>but rejoices whenever the truth wins out.</p><p>Love never gives up,</p><p>never loses faith,</p><p>is always hopeful,</p><p>and endures through every circumstance.</p><p><br/></p><p>Three things will last forever—faith, hope, and love—</p><p>and the greatest of these is love.</p><p><br/></p><p><br/></p><p><br/></p><p>Knowing it now, I want love — not attention.</p><p>Knowing it now, I see how much the word has lost its meaning.</p><p>Knowing it now, I want love, because I don’t deserve to be loved.</p><p>Knowing it now, I realize I wouldn’t have known I was being loved.</p><p>Knowing it now, I wouldn’t have known what love was.</p><p><br/></p><p>Knowing it now... can I even point out acts of love?</p><p><br/></p><p>Was love when Jesus died on the cross for me?</p><p>Was love when God sent His Son to die for me?</p><p>Is love the care my parents provide for me —</p><p>or is that just them following the Bible’s instruction?</p><p><br/></p><p>Can I appreciate what I’m not sure of?</p><p>Knowing it now... do I know love, or do I understand it?</p><p><br/></p><p>I think I know it.</p><p>Do you understand it?</p>
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