What We Talk About When We Talk About Love

The main thing that I got from this story is that everyone in this story has a different opinion on what love actually is. For example, Terri's ex-husband used to beat her up and while he was doing so he would be saying that he loved her (wow that must have been painful). I don't know why he would be doing this and none of the four that were at the table knew why he did this either. He obviously had some problems. Mel -Terri's current husband- did not call that love but Terri did for some reason. She said that he loved her in his own way (and what way would that be?). Mel of course had a different view of love. Throughout the story he said that he loved Terri. But on some occasions Mel did not act in love towards Terri. For example Mel said to Terri, "Just shut up for once in your life". No matter if he was kidding or not, that was not an act of kindness and shouldn't be said to anyone (this is what drinking alcoholic beverages could do to folks). In 1 Corinthians 13:4 it talks about what love is. That verse talks about love being kind.
He also talks about him praying that Marjorie gets stung to death by a swarm of bees (she was allergic to bees) because he had to support her and her boyfriend financially. But there is one thing I did like what he said one time. He said, "What do any of us really know about love? It seems to me we're just beginners at love." Do any of us really know love? I think love goes much deeper than a physical attraction to a certain somebody and how you have butterflies in your stomach. And I agree with what he says about us being beginners at love. I feel that God is the only One who loves perfectly. Love is patient, kind, does not envy, is not boastful or conceited, does not act improperly (beatings), is not selfish, not provoked, does not keep a record of wrongs, it finds no joy in unrighteousness, but rejoices in the truth. It bears all things (till the end). Believes all things, hopes all things, and endures all things. Love NEVER ends. The Bible also say's, "love covers a multitude of sins", in other words how much of the love of God will you allow to cover the offenses of another person that has wronged you.