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It’s February, the season of love!
Or it’s the season of “Oh, gag me!” if you’re a teenager. The season of “Oh, that’s precious” if you’re a dating, engaged or married woman. The season of “Oh, the pressure!” if you’re a man. And the season of “Oh, not again!” if you’re a single woman!
February comes with a lot of different stigmas, but it doesn’t have end up as an “end all, be all” kind of month, depending upon your relationship status. ย It can be a time to celebrate the different kinds of love that we hold, even if it doesn’t present a shiny diamond ring in the endโฆ
Over the next few weeks, I want to focus on loving one another, no matter the type of relationship. We’ll learn more about the four different Greek words for LOVE (Storge, Philos, Eros and Agape) and what each of them mean. And we’ll also see just how far we can extend ourselves through the act of giving love instead of feeling that we must always be on the receiving end.
The creation of the earth was based on one of these forms of love and like the song says, “love makes the world go round!” Let’s journey it together, sharing it and spreading it far and wide!
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STORGE – Love of Family PHILOS – Love of Friends EROS – Romantic Love Coming Soon
Hey Bree…happy to make your acquaintance. I am a WWP contributor also. Your series on love will be good. And I well remember what it felt like to be single on Valentine’s Day. This article I wrote a long time ago for Focus on the Family shares what I learned. Blessings to you with lots of love. http://longingsend.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Be-my-valentine.pdf
Shiela, it’s wonderful to meet you! Thank you so much for stopping by and for sharing your article. What a powerful piece! I will be sharing this on my Facebook page to help instill in others that the love of an earthly being is not the only kind of love that can sweep you off your feet! Many blessings!
Love is in the air,but not just this month but 24/7/365 ๐ Looking forward to checking out your series. You can never learn enough about the depth of Love, and all the ways you can love people around you. Have a great day!
Angie, you are so right! The gift of spreading love to others is not a temp job that only lasts a month, it’s a lifetime opportunity that we’re able to give! Thank you so much for stopping by! Be blessed!
Hi Bree,
Looking forward to reading your series. I’m so thankful for the unfailing love of our God, that because of His love, we have the opportunity every day to share His great love. ๐
Hi Anita! Thank you so much for stopping by! The first post of the series is up (http://www.breething.com/1/post/2014/02/learning-to-love-in-different-ways-storge.html) so be sure to go check it out! His unfailing love is pretty spectacular, isn’t it! What a blessing we are to be His children!
So true! We live in a College town surrounded by College girls and we brace for Valentines. I think next year I will follow in the footsteps of some friends of ours who host a dinner on Valentines and lay some “Philos” on some folks! ๐
As we’re going on our 2nd Val.day as newlyweds, both of us had very little God openly in our 1st marriages. We chose to share with each other the Song of Solomon conference books on DVD by Tommy Nelson. I had been to a conference here and the laughs were endless. I thought what a great gift Tommy Nelson has! I have nothing better to give than the word about the helpmate and counterpart in Christ I am to be for him.