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Love is a person

All of us at a certain point of life might have asked in one way or another,

What is love?

And there are, of course many answers to this ever relevant question,

Because love is a complex and powerful reality

And almost everyone experiences and feels it in unique ways.

That's why the Greeks came up with 10 different words

For the many types of love we encounter throughout our lives.

1. Philia — Love without romantic attraction and occurs between friends or family

 members

2. Pragma — Enduring Love, love that matures over many years

3. Storge — Familiar Love. A natural form of affection that often flows between

 parents and their children, and children for their parents

4. Eros — Romantic Love. It’s a passionate love displayed through physical affection

5. Ludus — Playful Love. It is an uncommitted love. That is casual, and based on fun

6. Mania — Obsessive Love. It is an uncontrollable love towards someone 

or something

7. Xenia — Love of the stranger. Love for people you don’t know

8. Narcissistic — Ego-centric love. Love of or desire of one's own body

9. Philautia — Self-love in its healthiest form

10. Agape — Selfless Love. The unconditional love of God, Seeking the good of those who don’t deserve it.

Thus Ancient Greek society recognized that there are many kinds of love,

That love has many shades and flavors.

But according to the Holy Scriptures there is only one answer to the question,

‘what is love?’

Love is a person 

and

that person is Jesus. 

Because 

He is the origin of love.

Apart from him there is no love.

He is the reason we even know what love is,

And he has taught us everything we need to know about love.

May His selfless love inspire us to love like Him.