I love peanut butter. I love dresses. I love Italian food. I love my room. I love my mom.

This is how we often use the word love.

But really, do you love peanut butter the same way you love your mom? In the English language, love is used and misused. In fact, too often, it loses meaning. We forget what true love is.

Is it love when your boyfriend gives you flowers on Valentine's Day? Is it love when you draw tiny little hearts around his name? Is it love when you end every conversation with "love ya?"

The Bible tells us the true definition of love. In John 15:13, Jesus said, "Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends."

Wow. Now that's something a little harder to swallow. Imagine loving people in such a way that you would be willing to die for them! That's a lot more difficult than simply buying someone flowers.

The love of Jesus is different. It's sacrificial. It's sincere. It's difficult.

It's about time we turned away from the superficial notion of love that we currently hold. Let's love like Jesus did.

So I leave you with a question. Who are you willing to die for?