The Essence of Love

What is the essence of love? How does it manifest itself in all the circumstances? In John 3:16 we can find out the answer: “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” The essence of love is giving! Not some or most of it but everything. God gave His Son and in His Son He gave Himself for us! Don’t ask me to explain to you how this was possible because I don’t know to how to explain it. I don’t know also to explain how that God the Father was in His Son but I can show you what the Bible says: “Now all things are of God, who has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation, 19 that is, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not imputing their trespasses to them, and has committed to us the word of reconciliation.” 2 Corinthians 5,18-19. He was in Jesus Christ not just with Him.

This is what love is about: giving for the benefit of the others expecting nothing in return, as a personal gain! Living for others! I am not the center but the others. “For God so loved the world that He gave…” This is love, this is what God is! Love is about sharing, making others happy, trying to make others succeed. If my success can help them better then I’ll strive for it but if my suffering can make them better then so be it. God, the Bible and Christianity are about anything else but me. It is about giving all, living for the benefit of others! This is love! This is the essence of love. This is how God is! That’s why the Christianity it’s so wonderful!