Love is not Envious

I've been learning more and more what this one means recently.
It's hard not to envy!
Dictionary.com (I know... I'm so lazy...) describes envy as "a feeling of discontent or covetousness with regard to another's advantages, success, possessions, etc." Oh how I have felt envy so much! I'm not sure whether I feel more envious now than before or if I'm just noticing it now because I've been reading about it... When I was a kid I held this sort of false humility in being not envious- but I really was... my Mom likes to say that I'm a "snob snob", meaning I'm a snob to snobs... I do whatever is contrary to the trend. Including, but not limited to, acting disgusted or haughty over people when I'm really just jealous of them.
That doesn't appear to be very clear... hm, oh well, I mostly just write for the sake of getting my thoughts out... not so much for the sake of being understood. Lol.
Anyway, my thoughts on envy: Love doesn't envy, so, love is not envious of what others have, not discontent "with regard to another's advantages, success, possessions, etc." So, from this, we can state that Love is content.
Ouch, that one hurts. Do I really know love if I envy?
I'm finding that Love seems to be something that is a chase. It's a fight, and you can't give up or you haven't got it at all... hm... I'm starting to appear more and more lazy to myself...
Food for thought...
Samia

Love is Kind

The word implies to me a gentleness and care, a softness and genuine, heartfelt tenderness. It is a verb word (if you know what i mean). Kindness is not a state of mind, but it comes from a state of mind. Only God gives the strength needed to be truly and honestly kind (Habakkuk 3:19a). Love is thoughtful, love is a servant.... actually, Love is a volunteer servant, because it is servanthood that is honestly given.
-Samia

Love is Patient

I spent some time reading through 1 Corinthians 13 last night. It's a passage that is so well known to me... but I didn't really know it all that well... make sense?
So I went through verses 4-8a and I looked at each word. I thought about what the words actually mean by themselves and I found that the whole was much more comprehensive than I had originally thought.
Here is the passage: "Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends."
So I thought I'd do a mini series from this and just share my thoughts. Here is what was brought to my mind by the first word.

Love is Patient: "True love waits" I don't need to be anxious, God is in control and so whether I want to or not, I will wait. Not only must I merely wait, but i must not be tired by waiting. Patience isn't pretending to be content. Patience is being content- so, Love is Content.

Maybe tonight I'll give you my thoughts on Kindness...
-Samia