What is love? Do we know it?

We know our Christian walk is about love. About the love of God. But what is it?

Is it that something that we can capture? That we possess? No. Love is an achievement? No. What does the bible say about love then?

In 1 Cor 13:4-7
Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

The bible tells us what love is.
But does not tell us how to get it. It tells us the end state but does not tell us how, how to get it. The bible tells us when we get it, it will be patient and kind. We will not be jealous or boast. ... And many characteristics of it. But it does not tell us how to get it.

In 1 John 4:9-10
In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

This verse really describes the source. The source of our love. What is love? Love is patient... But what is it? There is no one thing. But love is love. God is love. Our love comes from God and God alone. He is love. He has first shown His overflowing love for us through the act of sacrifice. His sacrifice of His Son on the cross for all our sake. His love covers all sins and hurt. His love is greater than any other. It is the greatest of all.