You Say You Love Me, Is it True?

You say you love me with many words of love,

You say you love me with kisses sweet.

You say you love me with the holding of hands and warm caresses that I truly adore.

You say you love me with dinners by candle light, boxes of chocolates, and cards of expressed love.

You say you love me with passionate glares that makes my heart skip beats.

You say you love me with long summer walks on the beach, and playing footsie under the table.

You say you love me.

Then God says you love me when;

you choose to do so and I am not at my best, yet you treat me kindly,

when you are not competing with me over job promotions, or who makes the most money. 

He says you love me when you don't act arrogantly because of your great knowledge of many things, or gloat over your many more accomplishments than my own.

God says you love me, when you don't treat me rudely in the presence of others or even when we are alone.

or when you don't get upset with me because you can't have your way.

He says you love me when you aren't provoked by my words or actions, leading you to think of ways to get even.

How can you say you love me if you are not willing to celebrate my accomplishments?

God says you are loving me when you rejoice in my walking according to His plan, even when it might be in opposition to what you hoped, or expected for us, when you look and want the best for me, when you remain present even when it is not the best of times.

When you are TRULY loving me, that love never fails.

(see 1 Corinthians 13:4-8)

True love goes beyond a selected day, but is a lifetime.