What Is God’s Vision of Love?

In a world that often confuses love with fleeting feelings or temporary connection, it’s grounding—and honestly, comforting—to step back and ask: What is God’s vision of love?

God’s love isn’t just a feeling. It’s not surface-level. It’s deep, unconditional, and intentional. The kind of love that sees your flaws and stays anyway. That’s patient when you're stubborn, kind when you least deserve it, and steady when everything else feels uncertain.

One of the most powerful descriptions comes straight from 1 Corinthians 13—a passage you've probably heard at weddings, but it's so much more than that. It's God’s blueprint:

"Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud... It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres."

That’s not just a romantic ideal. That’s a calling. God's vision of love is action-oriented. It’s sacrificial, forgiving, and healing. It’s the kind of love Jesus showed throughout His life—eating with the outcast, healing the broken, and ultimately laying down His life not out of obligation, but out of pure, relentless love.

So what does that mean for us?

It means love isn’t just something we fall into. It’s something we live out. With our families, our friends, our partners—even strangers. It means choosing grace when it's easier to be bitter. Choosing to show up, even when it’s inconvenient. Choosing to love like Jesus—freely and fiercely.

God’s vision of love transforms. It softens hearts, restores relationships, and brings light into dark places. And the beautiful thing? We’re not expected to do it perfectly. But when we love from a place of knowing we’re already fully loved by Him, that’s when it starts to look a little more like heaven.