Love is the wanting to do things for.

He whispered this last so low that it was inaudible to anyone that did not love you.

Circumcision was invisible to the public. A once and done. All male. Decided by parents. The mark of the new covenant is visible and public. It involves daily decisions. It's not gender-specific. It's an all-skate. And while it doesn't require surgery, it's painful. Love requires sacrifice, and sacrifice is always a bit painful.

Participants in the new covenant are not required to obey most of the commandments found in the first half of their Bibles. Participants in the new covenant are expected to obey the single command Jesus issued as part of his new covenant. Namely: As I have loved you, so you must love one another.

The purpose of life is to love.

Love is my gift to the world. I fill myself with love, and I send that love out into the world.

Love is the softest rose in the soul's garden.

Love is the only flame that can light up your soul and universe simultaneously.

Make your mark in the world with divine ink: love.

To shine always love always.

But how can we effectively represent Christ, who in sacrificial love gave his life for others, if we don't deeply care about those he died for? And since "God is love" (1 John 4:8), doesn't it follow that the one great distinguishing characteristic of Christians everywhere should be a self-sacrificing love for people? Doctrine, apologetics, spiritual gifts, and prophecy charts are all great, but God is love. Without love, everything becomes meaningless (1 Cor. 13).

Suddenly he was inside the radius of her perfume and kissing her breathlessly.