Love is Not Blind

How many times have you heard that love is blind? Perhaps you have even said it yourself. Love is not blind, of all the sacrificial names love bears, blindness is far from one of them.

Love sees—clearly, deeply, and truthfully. It does not overlook faults in ignorance but chooses to be patient and kind despite them:

"Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things."
— 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 (NKJV)

Love does not turn a blind eye to truth; rather, it rejoices in it:

"Love does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth."
— 1 Corinthians 13:6 (NKJV)

When Jesus commanded us to love, He did not ask for blind affection but for love that mirrors His own—intentional, sacrificial, and full of understanding:

"This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one's life for his friends."
— John 15:12-13 (NKJV)

The love of Christ is not naive; it sees us fully and yet chooses to redeem. True love does not stumble in darkness. It walks in wisdom, guided by the light of Christ:

"He who loves his brother abides in the light, and there is no cause for stumbling in him."
— 1 John 2:10 (NKJV)

It discerns, forgives, and leads us into obedience to His greatest commandment:

"A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another."
— John 13:34 (NKJV)

Love is not blind; it is vision made perfect in Christ.

What About You?

Have you been loving with wisdom or merely sentiment? Does your love reflect Christ’s—one that sees, forgives, corrects, and endures? This week, choose to love with clarity, truth, and obedience to God's word.