Defining Love

Within the culture of my life I am surrounded by 'the media'. So many images, ideas, and words being spit into my face every way I turn.
The greatest of all our emotions, our thoughts expressed in poetry or novels, has not escaped the twisting and manipulation of our culture.
When 'LOVE' flashes across my mind there follows images of princess' and knights in shining armor, and as of now actually blank. I attribute the blank to my lack of mental energy. However you know what I mean.
Please, can we go back to that love which God gave us?

Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up. Doth not behave unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. 1 Corinthian 13:4-7 (For those who don't normally read the KJV Bible, just switch the 'eth' endings with 's')

But charity is the pure love of Christ...
Moroni 7:47

What greater love can we have than the love of God? Should not this be the love we have between each other?
And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves...
1 Peter 4:8

...wherefore, the Lord God hath given a commandment that all men should have charity, which charity is love. And except they should have charity they were nothing.
2nd Nephi 26:30

Nothing. Don't we all fear being 'nothing'? Being nothing to that person we admire, or our employer, our family. Without love what good are we to our family?

The 'media' has taught us their values, the opinion of a few selfish people. We buy into it because it's easier. Yet at the cost of all that we are. Remember, without charity we are nothing.

Back to that question, should not this be the love we have between each other? Further specifying, should not this be the love we have between us and our spouse?
Let me clearly say YES!!!!!!!
No greater love is found than the pure love of Christ (John 15:13).

Then if there is love to be found in a marriage relationship it must be the pure love of Christ, or charity. It must suffer long, be kind, envy not, pride in itself, behave out of line, must not seek selfish desires, not be easily provoked, it must not think evil, and must not celebrate wrong doing. This love must bear ALL things, believe ALL things, hope ALL things, and endure ALL things.

Why? If love does not match up to these qualities(and others not mentioned) then it is not love at all but selfish pride set up to the destruction of that individual and all relationships surrounding them.
Anything but charity is "nothing" because it is worth nothing.

If you want to do this you may have come to the point of realization that it's hard to be ALL of these things and more.

For the natural man is an enemy to God, and has been from the fall of Adam, and will be , forever and ever, unless he yields to the enticings of the Holy Spirit, and putteth off the natural man and becometh a saint through the atonement of Christ the Lord, and becometh as a child, submissive, meek, humble, patient, full of love, willing to submit to all things which the Lord seeth fit to inflict upon him, even as a child doth submit to his father.                 Mosiah 3:19

It is by the mercy of God we have repentance, an opportunity to change. Because Jesus Christ has pure love he did that which shows no greater love. The Lord Jesus Christ laid down His life for us, His friends.

Don't worry or let yourself be overwhelmed. Say a prayer, believe that God loves you and start small. Pick one small thing and start working on it. Right now.