Love is a Verb

Bruce Bickel and Stan Jantz, in their book John~Encountering Christ in a Life-Changing Way, say (page 106) "People sometimes use the word love as a noun. They erroneously equate it as a thing that you either possess or lack, as in "I don't have any love for him." But love isn't a noun in this context. It is a verb. It is something you do...When love is a verb, you can follow Christ's command to love each other even if you don't feel like it."

It's a great reminder, love is a verb, it's something you do, it takes action (not feeling).

Love is not a noun, you don't possess it, and you don't lose it - that's just an excuse not to act on the conviction of your heart and the call of your Savior.