Loving with an eternal love?

What is True Love (1 Corinthians 13)? The Bible says to love your enemies, the ones that hurt you; how can you do that if you don't know TRUE love? How can I love someone unconditionally if I do not understand TRUE love? Can somebody love me back with that kind of love? How can you do that if you are not connected with the source of that love; Who is GOD?

But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you. Matthew 5:44

Who is GOD?

God is love. The ones that do not know God do not know what true love is. I ask, "Why did He love us so much?" Would I ever be able to love as God loved me? How can I love God back as He loved me? How can I support it all (1 Corinthians 13:7)? How can I be kind when someone is unkind? How can I be forgiving, humble, or have any fruits of the Holy Spirit (Galatians 5:22-23)?

7) Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. 8) He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love. 9) In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. 10) Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. 1 John 4:7-10

He Loved us so much that He sent His only son to die for us. What kind of love is that? A love that I can't understand. But He wants us to be able to love each other with that same kind of love. An undying, selfless, and eternal love.

I won't say I know how to love with that selfless love! I want to say I love God, but deep down, I feel like I fell short in many ways. My latest prayer is: "Help me love everyone with your eternal love (Jeremiah 31:3)". I want to love the Lord as He loves me because that is the way I know I can love everyone else. I want to suffer everything for His name's sake. I want to be bold and courageous for Him. Am I there? Honestly, no. Will I ever reach that? Meanwhile, I'm alive; that will be a daily struggle until I die. I know that true love is hard, and only God can help you reach that!

I'm not writing this to give the answers because I do not have them all. But I will encourage everyone to take a self-reflection. We all can be selfish, but the Lord can teach us how to be selfless.

Be blessed, and Love with Godly love!