In the English language the word “love” has a pretty straight forward meaning, but we use the word in many complicated ways. The same word you describe your wife with is the same word you would use when you’re talking about your favorite TV show. Even though we use the same word to describe the different levels of love the ancient Greeks was able distinguished four different words for love and each one has their own unique meaning: storge, philia, eros, and agape. The first type of love, storge, is the natural familial love. I believe we experience this type of love because it helps us connect with our immediate families and our immediate family are the people we meet first. When discussing the marks of a true Christian the Apostle Paul points
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This type of love is the strong friendship people can develop. Aristotle divides this kind of friendship into three categories. The first being friendships of utility, this occurs when somebody wants to obtain an object or service from somebody else. When people create these relationships they don’t do it for the relationship they do it for their own personal gain. The second is friendship of pleasure, this is when two people enjoy their company when they participate in an activity and if the two were to stop participating the friendship would end. The final type is friendship of the good, this is the most genuine type of friendship. When people experience this type of friendship they enjoy each other’s …show more content…
This love is unconditional, it means that no matter how broken or at fault someone is you still love them. In the book The Four Loves, C.S. Lewis talks about unconditional love saying “to love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken.” When you give somebody you unconditional love, you can risk hurting yourself because the other person may not return your feelings.
A great example of agape would be the love that God has for us. John 3:16 points this out saying that God loves the world so much he was willing to send his only son so he could suffer for our sins. God’s love is the perfect model of agape, he will always love us despite our imperfections. Stephen Chbosky once wrote “we accept the love we think we deserve.” Throughout our lives we are surrounded with love, if we were to deprive ourselves of it we would lose the will to live on. The four types of love all have their own unique meanings and ways that the function. Whether you are at home with your wife or interacting with individuals at the office you are experiencing some form of love. Sometimes we take the love we experience for granted and maybe this will help remind us of the love we forget
This type of love is the strong friendship people can develop. Aristotle divides this kind of friendship into three categories. The first being friendships of utility, this occurs when somebody wants to obtain an object or service from somebody else. When people create these relationships they don’t do it for the relationship they do it for their own personal gain. The second is friendship of pleasure, this is when two people enjoy their company when they participate in an activity and if the two were to stop participating the friendship would end. The final type is friendship of the good, this is the most genuine type of friendship. When people experience this type of friendship they enjoy each other’s …show more content…
This love is unconditional, it means that no matter how broken or at fault someone is you still love them. In the book The Four Loves, C.S. Lewis talks about unconditional love saying “to love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken.” When you give somebody you unconditional love, you can risk hurting yourself because the other person may not return your feelings.
A great example of agape would be the love that God has for us. John 3:16 points this out saying that God loves the world so much he was willing to send his only son so he could suffer for our sins. God’s love is the perfect model of agape, he will always love us despite our imperfections. Stephen Chbosky once wrote “we accept the love we think we deserve.” Throughout our lives we are surrounded with love, if we were to deprive ourselves of it we would lose the will to live on. The four types of love all have their own unique meanings and ways that the function. Whether you are at home with your wife or interacting with individuals at the office you are experiencing some form of love. Sometimes we take the love we experience for granted and maybe this will help remind us of the love we forget