# Love Love is self-giving care grounded in what is true and good, not merely affection or approval. ## Meaning Love is not fully defined in Joe's Mynd yet. In the [[Biblical Meaning Guide]], love is from God, revealed in Jesus, commanded toward God and neighbor, recognizable by its character, and expressed through self-giving action. For Joe's Mynd, love currently matters because [[Well-being|well-being]], [[Relationship|relationship]], [[Social Well-being]], [[Spiritual Well-being]], [[Mission]], and [[Action|action]] can all be distorted if love is reduced to feeling, niceness, approval, or preference. Love may become one of the words that corrects a too-mechanical language-alignment system. If language alignment does not help people love more truly, it may become clear but not good. ## Scripture Anchors - [1 John 4:8](https://www.esv.org/1+John+4:8/) - [1 John 4:16](https://www.esv.org/1+John+4:16/) - [1 Corinthians 13:4-7](https://www.esv.org/1+Corinthians+13:4-7/) - [Matthew 22:37-40](https://www.esv.org/Matthew+22:37-40/) - [John 13:34-35](https://www.esv.org/John+13:34-35/) - [Romans 5:8](https://www.esv.org/Romans+5:8/) ## Source Of Meaning This note is grounded in the Love node from the active [[Biblical Meaning Guide]], Joe's recurring concern that mission language may under-name love, and the relationship layer of Joe's Mynd. ## Relationship Over Time This note should mature when Joe defines love in his own words, compares that meaning with Scripture, and tests whether love clarifies real relational action. ## Links - [[Biblical Meaning Guide]] - [[Well-being]] - [[Health]] - [[Good]] - [[Relationship]] - [[Social Well-being]] - [[Spiritual Well-being]] - [[Shared Meaning]] - [[Relational Action]] - [[Action]] - [[Mission]] - [[Meaning Comparison]] - [[Love Wisdom Peace Meaning Comparison]] - [[Source Of Meaning]] ## Tensions Love can be confused with approval, attraction, sentiment, softness, people-pleasing, control, or self-sacrifice without truth. The biblical source pushes love toward God, truth, command, neighbor, and self-giving action. ## Question What does love require here?