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Turning Point and Dr. David Jeremiah schooled me this morning on the topic of love. I knew the Greek language had three words for love and the English language has only one and it covers a numbers of things. I always use the example that I love chocolate and I love my grandchildren. Obviously the love I have for each is far from equal!

Dr. Jeremiah introduced a new form of love this morning, eros. Reading the devotional about love I was prompted to gather my doodling/journaling supplies and work on my “love” page, gathering nuggets as I read. One of the nuggets was a reference to Song of Solomon which Dr. Jeremiah described as “That little book is placed in Scripture to describe the joyous intimacy God intends for the marriage partnership.” I made a mental note to leaf through the pages later; but for now I’d like to share the nuggets I wrote down.

Agape is the highest form of love. The love we’re to have for God would fall under this column and it’s my understanding that should be the only name listed.

Philia is the kind of love you have for those you have a friendly feeling toward. As I considered this word I thought of the many names I would write in this column.

Storge is the love between family and close friends and again, there are many names in this column.

Eros is the love between husband and wife and I thought about the man I now call husband. I thought about the warmth I feel when he calls me his wife, his girl, his woman. The warmth I feel when he puts his arm around me and draws me close.

“Marriage requires falling in love many times, and always with the same person.” -unknown

“If a man doesn’t treat his wife right, I don’t want to hear him talk about Christianity.” -D. L. Moody