Join me in a beginner’s fitness course in love. Not the ooey gooey bubble gum love of a crush. Not romantic fluttery type of love. I am not even talking about the love of a mom who is totally responsible for the well being of a newborn baby. Nope.

My challenge is to grow stronger in the one-way Jesus specifically asked me to grow if I loved Him. I plan to study what the bible has to say about agape love translated originally in Latin as caritas (preciousness, dearness, high price).

Just remember, according to 1 Cor 13 if you can speak with all the languages of men and angels, but do not have Caritas then you sound like a big brass gong. Loud and jarring. Or if you can teach and you understand the greatest mysteries and you know just about everything and you actually have enough faith to move a mountain but you do not have charitas you are nothing.

If you take everything you have and give it to feed the poor or you are willing to sacrifice your body to the flames but don’t have charitas then it means nothing.

Each day I will look at what the bible says about the love Christ expects from me. There will be questions for journaling or meditation. And on most days there will be challenges (actions) to start getting me into the habit of acting on what I read.

I hope you will come along with me as I dig deeper into this type of love Jesus said we should practice if we love him.