Love according to children

1 John 4: 19
We love because He first loved us

1 Thessalonians 5:11 ESV
Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing.

A group of social scientists asked this question to a group of children: “What does love mean?” The answers they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined. See what you think:

• “When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn’t bend over and paint her toenails anymore. So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too.”
• “Love is when you go out to eat and give somebody most of your French fries without making them give you any of theirs.”
• “Love is when someone hurts you, and you get so mad but you don’t yell at them because you know it would hurt their feelings.”
• “If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate.”
• “When you tell someone something bad about yourself and you’re scared they won’t love you anymore. But then you get surprised because not only do they still love you, they love you even more.”
• “There are two kinds of love—our love and God’s love. But God makes both kinds of them.”
• “Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken.”​
• “When they crucified Jesus, God could have said magic words to make the nails fall off the cross, but He didn’t. That’s love.”

- Unknown author

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