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The Seven Aspects of True Love

Father John Powell discusses seven aspects of true love in his book The Secret of Staying in Love. He states that love is a decision and commitment, not a feeling, and involves giving rather than receiving. For love to be true, it must be unconditional, forever, and allow freedom without possession. God's love for humanity exemplifies these qualities through His eternal covenant of love and mercy.

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The Seven Aspects of True Love

Father John Powell discusses seven aspects of true love in his book The Secret of Staying in Love. He states that love is a decision and commitment, not a feeling, and involves giving rather than receiving. For love to be true, it must be unconditional, forever, and allow freedom without possession. God's love for humanity exemplifies these qualities through His eternal covenant of love and mercy.

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LOVE

Jesuit Father John Powell in his book The Secret of Staying in Love
discusses seven aspects of true love.
· Think about your relationship with your family and friends.
· Think about your relationship with God and how He loves you.

1. Love is not a feeling. Feelings change too much for love to be based
on them. Feelings might start off a love relationship, but they cannot
sustain it.

2. Love is a decision-commitment. Love involves primarily giving, not


receiving. It is a decision to spend time with and follow through on
responsibilities made to the loved one. It takes work.

3. Effective love is unconditional. True love is love with no strings


attached. Unconditional love is caring for a person for the way he or she
is, not the way I want him or her to be.

4. Love is forever. True love does not waver. No condition of time is put
on it.

5. Commitment of love involves decisions. If I love you, I must feel


responsible for your life, growth, and the development of all your human
powers.

6. The essential gift of love is a sense of personal warmth. The great


gift of love is that I help you love yourself.

7. Love means the affirmation, not the possession of the one loved.
True love allows the loved one the freedom to be himself or herself.

God has made a covenant with us. He is always faithful to His


commitment of Love and Mercy even though we may turn away from Him.

God Loving Us Love Us - Loving God


with Mercy and Each Other

100% Giving

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