"This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacri

If love is a purely human value that has evolved along with the sense of smell or taste, then love is what it is in novels, movies, art and hip-hop. In short, love is whatever you want it to be at the time. But if love is a value originating in a Creator-God, a cosmic lover, then the benchmark for love is set by him. And all loving is informed, inspired and measured by that standard.