is love just a big pile of hormones, or is love really made my god and planned for us all in time!? i dont want to think i am living a lie! but i think im in love and i want to know f its possible to be together for ever.. and for it to never fade!!
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Really, could you please expound on your statement, I think you may have something interesting to say.
God is love in it's truest unadulterated form.
*** Divine Love Defined
What does this word “love” mean? Love has been described as the greatest need humans have. From the cradle to the grave, people strive after love, thrive in its warmth, even pine away and die for lack of it. Nonetheless, it is surprisingly difficult to define. Of course, people talk a lot about love. There is an endless stream of books, songs, and poems about it. The results do not always clarify the meaning of love. If anything, the word is so overused that its true meaning seems ever more elusive.
The Bible, however, teaches with clarity about love. Vine’s Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words notes: “Love can be known only from the actions it prompts.” The Bible record of Jehovah’s actions teaches us a great deal about his love—the benevolent affection he has for his creatures. For example, what could reveal more about this quality than Jehovah’s own supreme act of love described earlier? Additionally, we can gain some insight from the original words for “love” used in the Bible. In the ancient Greek tongue, there were four words for “love.” *** Of these, the one used most often in the Christian Greek Scriptures is a•ga′pe. One Bible dictionary calls this “the most powerful word imaginable for love.” Why?
A•ga′pe refers to love that is guided by principle. So it is more than just an emotional response to another person. It is broader in scope, more thoughtful and deliberate in its basis. Above all, a•ga′pe is utterly unselfish. For example, look again at John 3:16. What is “the world” that God loved so much that he gave his only-begotten Son? It is the world of redeemable mankind. That includes many people who are pursuing a sinful course in life. Does Jehovah love each one as a personal friend, the way he loved faithful Abraham? (James 2:23) No, but Jehovah lovingly extends goodness toward all, even at great cost to himself. He wants all to repent and change their ways. (2 Peter 3:9) Many do. These he happily receives as his friends.
Some, though, have the wrong idea about a•ga′pe. They think that it means a cold, intellectual type of love. The fact is that a•ga′pe often includes warm personal affection. For example, when John wrote, “The Father loves the Son,” he used a form of the word a•ga′pe. Is that love devoid of warm affection? Note that Jesus said, “The Father has affection for the Son,” using a form of the word phi•le′o. (John 3:35; 5:20) Jehovah’s love often includes tender affection. However, his love is never swayed by mere sentiment. It is always guided by his wise and just principles.
As we have seen, all of Jehovah’s qualities are sterling, perfect, and appealing. But love is the most appealing of all. Nothing draws us so powerfully to Jehovah. Happily, love is also his dominant quality. How do we know that?
*** The verb phi•le′o, meaning “to have affection for, to be fond of, or to like (as one might feel about a close friend or a brother),” is used often in the Christian Greek Scriptures. A form of the word stor•ge′, or close familial love, is used at 2 Timothy 3:3 to show that such love would be sorely lacking during the last days. E′ros, or romantic love between the sexes, is not used in the Christian Greek Scriptures, although that type of love is discussed in the Bible.—Proverbs 5:15-20.
Debb in the answers was hitting on a good point. There are many Greek words that the Bible uses for love. In other words, Agape, Phileo, Eros, and other words in the Greek were all translated into English as "love." We have one word that describes many types of love. Today in America, most people when they think of love in an erotic way are actually lusting for the other person. This is not love...it is lust. Why? Because they are only thinking of how their own needs can be met. This is why you are asking if love is just hormones. Love is a decision. Love is an action. Love is not a feeling. Yes, there can be those times of electricity when you feel extremely attracted to another person, but that is not love.
I highly recommend that you read the entire chapter of I Corinthians 13 in your Bible. This outlines the Biblical definition of love. Here is just a little portion, "Love is patient
and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud or rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged. It does not rejoice about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out. Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance. This is what love is.
God did give intimacy with your spouse as a beautiful extension of closeness. A togetherness, if you will. Intimacy is a means of bringing new life into the world. God from the beginning (In Genesis) told people made in His image to, "be fruitful and multiply." This should always be inside the protection and confines of marriage. I heard one wise preacher once say, "Sex is a fire and marriage is the fireplace. If you have that fire in any other place other than the fireplace, your whole home will burn down."
I have never fallen in love, but for me, Love is the ability to see yourself in others in a way where your partner see his/her self in you... that's why you respect them, care for them and long for them... He/she is a part of you the way you are to him/her... Physically speaking your hormones is only meant for him/her and no one else shall rage them but that special person... that's why God made eve out of adam because they are one of flesh, one of rib, one of heart and one of God... :D
I hope i made my point? :D
i think that depends on the person and their partner...just saying.....