Written by Victoria Riollano, a contemporary ministry leader and author.
Above all else, intentionality should be what drives how we treat others. Being intentional reminds us that love is a choice and not just an emotion. Thus, you can love someone without particularly liking them. Showing intentional love is making a choice to be polite when we want to be rude, to call a friend going through a tough time, and to value the need of other people above others. According to Dr. Chapman, love is “the attitude that says I want to enrich your life.” He states that people universally experience and give love in one of the five ways: acts of service, words of affirmation, touch, gifts, and quality time. When in doubt, we can choose to find one person we can be purposeful about each week to show love. This is our greatest way to show people that you care about them and that God still uses people to demonstrate His love for humanity.
Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. [1 Corinthians 13:7]
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