 So what is the meaning of love oftentimes the word gets a little bit misunderstood misused misapplied I love football I love this team that team I love ice cream well let me just give you one quick definition that that could be applied to any facet of your life as it pertains to using the word love use the word commit or any derivative of commit so when you think about the word for God so love the world then you can just say for God was so committed to the world or if you say I love you honey I'm committed to you committed for your good I want to see the best of you and so I'm committed to seeing that commit kind of implies an action I can see how committed you are to doing something when it talks about love your neighbor be committed to your neighbor if he talks about love the Lord with all your heart be committed to the Lord with all your heart you can see this borne out and that will give you a good understanding a good working understanding of what the word love means