Love is all too often misunderstood. The word conjures images of candle light dinners, moonlit walks on the beach, heart shaped boxed of chocolate, and sappy chic flic movies. We tend to associate love with romance and ooshy gooshy emotions.
The Bible describes love in a much different way. According to the infamous love chapter, love is patient, kind, not envious, humble, not rude, selfless, long tempered, not vengeful, joyful in truth, protective, trusting, hopeful and preserving (1Cor. 13:4-7).
The gist of it is that love is defines as being selfless, and esteeming others as more important than yourself in both word and deed.
Jesus said "Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends" (John 15:13).
I can think of nothing more manly than this.
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