Love is more than just the spoken word

Have you ever stopped to ponder what love looks like?  What it involves?  The sacrifices that take place when you love?

How often do we misuse the word love?  "I love that pasta." OR "I love that house".  Personally, I wish I could erase that verbiage from my vocabulary.  Love is so much more than just words that come out of our mouth or a feeling.  Love takes action and that action typically involves at least a bit of sacrifice either of your pride, time or finances.

Love Does is a collection of thirty-one true life examples of love in action.  Author Bob Goff recalls example after example of how others have demonstrated love to him and then he, in turn, has demonstrated love to others.   Each of us plan to "do something" that shows people in our lives how special they are but, if we aren't intentional about doing something, life gets in the way and time slips away.  Every day we get up with the potential to live a life where love does.  Don't wait for all the circumstances to be perfect to act on love.  Be there physically for someone.  Forgive someone who has wronged you, without fanfare and quickly.  Accept the "invitation you receive every morning to live a life of complete engagement, a life of whimsy, a life where love does...to participate in this amazing life for one more day."

Each chapter is independent of the others except for by theme, easy to read, whimsical, and humorous.  Each challenge the reader to take action in their own lives and not just think about love but "do love", not only within our family unit but truly loving friends and strangers as well.  He lives the kind of life I want to live, willing to step out in faith, take risks, show agape love, and encourage others to do the same.  I would recommend this book to any adult.

I did receive this book free from the publisher in exchange for an honest review and was in no way obligated to leave a positive review.