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Discover the many faces of Love — compassion,
kindness, forgiveness, unity, and more — in this complete Love Lexicon
inspired by spiritual truths and Near-Death Experience insights. Each
word is carefully defined, connected to God’s pure love, and brought to
life with real-world examples and reflections. Use this guide to deepen
your understanding, enrich your relationships, and live each day in the
spirit of unconditional love.
About the Author
D. E. McElroy is a spiritual writer and ordained minister with a passion
for helping people understand the deeper truths of life, love, and
God’s pure nature. Drawing from years of study, thousands of Near-Death
Experience testimonies, and a lifelong dedication to uplifting others,
his work aims to enlighten, inspire, and guide. His ministry emphasizes
compassion, understanding, and the belief that love is the language of
our true home.
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mechanical, without written permission from the author.
Love is our true home. Near-Death Experience testimonies and timeless spiritual truths tell us that God — or “Source” — is 100% pure love, without a single trace of negativity. In that realm, love is not just a feeling; it is the very fabric of existence.
This Love Lexicon is a collection of words that reflect the many ways love expresses itself in our lives. Each word has been carefully chosen, lovingly defined, and paired with examples and reflections so you can see how it lives and breathes in daily life.
Think of this as a spiritual reference book — a guide to the vocabulary of the heart. Read through it alphabetically to discover the full spectrum of love, or explore the words that call to you in the moment. Let the examples and reflections open new windows in your mind and heart.
The more we learn the language of love, the more fluently we can speak it — in our thoughts, our actions, and our relationships.
If the Creator’s nature is pure love, then every one of these words is a small mirror reflecting that light. When we practice them, we are not just being kind, patient, or forgiving — we are participating in the eternal nature of God.
Love is never passive. It heals, restores, protects, uplifts, and unites. Each quality in this list is an invitation to bring a little more of heaven to earth. Imagine a world where every person lived by these words — where every interaction was colored by empathy, generosity, and respect.
We may not be able to change the whole world at once, but we can begin with our own heart. Speak the language of love today — and watch it ripple outward, touching lives in ways you may never see, but God always will.
Definition: A warm and open-hearted willingness to embrace people, situations, and oneself without judgment.
Association with Love: Acceptance is love’s invitation to rest exactly as you are. It reflects God’s unconditional welcome, as many NDEs describe—a love that never rejects, but always embraces.
Reflection: God’s love accepts us first, so we can learn to accept others.
Definition: Physical or verbal expressions of fondness and warmth.
Association with Love: Affection is love’s gentle touch—a hug, a smile, a kind word that reminds us we belong. It mirrors the tenderness many describe in God’s presence.
Reflection: Affection speaks the language of the heart without words.
Definition: Selfless concern for the well-being of others.
Association with Love: Altruism is love that forgets itself. It acts without seeking recognition, mirroring God’s ceaseless giving.
Reflection: Love asks nothing for itself, yet gives everything.
Definition: Recognition and enjoyment of the good in people, things, and life itself.
Association with Love: Appreciation is gratitude’s twin, noticing beauty in the everyday and honoring the love behind it.
Reflection: When you appreciate love, you multiply it.
Definition: Giving focused and caring attention to someone or something.
Association with Love: Attentiveness says, “You matter.” It mirrors God’s intimate awareness of our lives.
Reflection: Where your attention goes, love grows.
Definition: A desire to do good and promote the well-being of others.
Association with Love: Benevolence is kindness with intention. It actively looks for ways to make life better.
Reflection: A benevolent heart is a channel for God’s goodness.
Definition: A gift, benefit, or act of divine favor.
Association with Love: Every blessing is love made tangible—a reminder that God’s care surrounds us.
Reflection: To bless someone is to whisper love into their life.
Definition: A deep sense of unity and shared identity among people.
Association with Love: Brotherhood and sisterhood reflect that we are all children of the same Source.
Reflection: In God’s eyes, we are all kin.
Definition: Showing concern, attention, and responsibility for someone’s well-being.
Association with Love: Care is love’s hands at work, protecting and nurturing life.
Reflection: Love always cares—both in little things and great.
Definition: Voluntary giving to those in need, motivated by kindness and compassion.
Association with Love: Charity is the physical expression of love’s desire to lift burdens.
Reflection: When love gives, it gives quietly.
Definition: A firm dedication to a cause, relationship, or principle.
Association with Love: Commitment is love’s promise to remain steadfast through time and challenge.
Reflection: Love keeps its promises.
Definition: A heartfelt desire to ease another’s suffering, often with action.
Association with Love: Compassion is love in motion. It listens, understands, and helps.
Reflection: When compassion moves you, you walk with God.
Definition: Thoughtful regard for others’ feelings and needs.
Association with Love: Consideration is love’s quiet courtesy, making space for others to be seen and heard.
Reflection: Small acts of consideration build great bonds of love.
Definition: Politeness and respect in behavior or speech.
Association with Love: Courtesy is kindness wrapped in respect.
Reflection: Courtesy is love’s first handshake.
Definition: Deep, unwavering dedication to someone or something.
Association with Love: Devotion is love’s anchor—steady, loyal, and wholehearted.
Reflection: Love grows strong where devotion holds fast.
Definition: The state of being worthy of honor and respect.
Association with Love: Dignity is the recognition of God’s image in every soul.
Reflection: Every soul is crowned with dignity by God’s hand.
Definition: The ability to understand and share another’s feelings as if they were your own.
Association with Love: Empathy is the bridge that lets love cross from one soul to another—a place where no soul is alone.
Reflection: When we walk in empathy, we walk in God’s footsteps.
Definition: Words or actions that inspire hope, confidence, or strength in another.
Association with Love: Encouragement is love lifting others higher.
Reflection: Encouragement is the breath of love in someone’s sails.
Definition: Being treated with the same respect, rights, and value as others.
Association with Love: Equality reflects that all souls are equal in God’s eyes.
Reflection: In love’s kingdom, all stand on level ground.
Definition: Respect and admiration for someone, often earned through character or action.
Association with Love: Esteem is love’s acknowledgment of another’s value.
Reflection: Esteem is love’s applause for a noble soul.
Definition: Steadfast loyalty and reliability over time.
Association with Love: Faithfulness is love that endures every season without wavering.
Reflection: God’s love is faithful; let ours be the same.
Definition: Impartial treatment without favoritism or prejudice.
Association with Love: Fairness is love’s commitment to justice.
Reflection: Love plays no favorites.
Definition: Letting go of resentment, blame, or the need for revenge toward someone who has caused harm.
Association with Love: Forgiveness frees both giver and receiver. Love sees the eternal soul beneath the mistake.
Reflection: Forgiveness doesn’t change the past, but it transforms the future.
Definition: A close and trusting relationship built on mutual affection and respect.
Association with Love: Friendship is love’s steady companion, bringing joy and support.
Reflection: A true friend is love walking beside you.
Definition: Willingness to give freely of time, energy, or resources for the good of others.
Association with Love: Generosity reflects God’s abundance. It says, “There is enough,” and shares.
Reflection: You cannot out-give love.
Definition: Softness in action and tone that protects feelings and dignity.
Association with Love: Gentleness is strength under control, reflecting God’s tender care.
Reflection: Gentleness is love’s velvet glove.
Definition: Unmerited favor, kindness, or blessing freely given.
Association with Love: Grace says, “You are loved because you exist, not because you earned it.”
Reflection: Grace is love reaching us before we ask.
Definition: A thankful awareness for the blessings, big or small, in life.
Association with Love: Gratitude turns hearts toward God and magnifies love.
Reflection: Gratitude is love remembering its Source.
Definition: Peaceful arrangement and cooperation between people or within life.
Association with Love: Harmony is love’s music, blending differences into beauty.
Reflection: Where love rules, harmony follows.
Definition: Restoring wholeness in body, mind, or spirit.
Association with Love: Healing is love’s restorative work—through touch, words, or time.
Reflection: Love is the greatest healer.
Definition: Truthfulness in words, actions, and intentions.
Association with Love: Honesty is love’s respect for truth and trust.
Reflection: Truth spoken in love builds trust.
Definition: Confident expectation for good, even in uncertain times.
Association with Love: Hope is love’s torch in the dark, assuring us of God’s goodness.
Reflection: Hope anchors love to the future.
Definition: Welcoming others with warmth, kindness, and generosity.
Association with Love: Hospitality is love’s open door, reflecting God’s welcome to all.
Reflection: Every welcome is a glimpse of heaven.
Definition: A modest view of one’s importance, without arrogance.
Association with Love: Humility makes room for others to shine and keeps ego small.
Reflection: Where humility grows, love blossoms.
Definition: Welcoming and valuing people of all backgrounds, abilities, and perspectives.
Association with Love: Inclusion refuses to exclude anyone from the table.
Reflection: God’s love has no outsiders.
Definition: Consistency in doing what is right, even when it’s hard.
Association with Love: Integrity is love’s honesty applied to the whole life.
Reflection: Love without integrity is just words.
Definition: Uplifting someone to think, feel, or act in a better way.
Association with Love: Inspiration is love’s spark, igniting hope and creativity.
Reflection: When you inspire, you share God’s light.
Definition: Deep, abiding happiness not dependent on circumstances.
Association with Love: Joy is the soul’s song when it remembers its connection to God.
Reflection: Joy is not the absence of problems; it is the presence of love.
Definition: Upholding what is fair, right, and moral.
Association with Love: Justice is love’s demand for fairness and dignity for all.
Reflection: Love without justice is incomplete.
Definition: A gentle action or word offered to make life better for another, without expecting anything in return.
Association with Love: Kindness is love made visible, even in small acts.
Reflection: In a world where you can be anything, be kind.
Definition: Giving full attention to hear and understand another’s words and heart.
Association with Love: Listening says, “Your voice matters.”
Reflection: To listen well is to love well.
Definition: Steadfast support and allegiance to someone or something.
Association with Love: Loyalty is love’s protective shield, standing firm through trials.
Reflection: True love stands by you in every season.
Definition: Compassion or forgiveness shown to someone you could punish or harm.
Association with Love: Mercy is love’s choice to heal instead of hurt.
Reflection: God’s mercy rewrites our stories.
Definition: Being fully present and aware in the current moment.
Association with Love: Mindfulness lets us notice and cherish love’s presence here and now.
Reflection: Love lives best in the present moment.
Definition: Providing care, encouragement, and support for someone’s growth and well-being.
Association with Love: Nurturing is love’s commitment to help others flourish.
Reflection: To nurture is to water seeds of love.
Definition: Choosing to accept others without criticizing or condemning them.
Association with Love: Non-judgment reflects God’s unconditional love, seeing the soul beyond mistakes.
Reflection: When we drop judgment, love flows freely.
Definition: Willingness to listen, learn, and consider new perspectives.
Association with Love: Openness is love’s willingness to grow and understand.
Reflection: A closed heart cannot love; openness is its doorway.
Definition: Confidence that good will come, even in difficult situations.
Association with Love: Optimism is love’s hope dressed in bright colors.
Reflection: Optimism is faith that love always wins.
Definition: Calm endurance of delays, challenges, and imperfections without frustration.
Association with Love: Patience trusts God’s timing. It lets relationships grow without force.
Reflection: To God, there is no hurry—only the perfect moment.
Definition: Inner calm and harmony with others.
Association with Love: Peace is love’s resting place—the still water after the storm.
Reflection: Where love rules, peace reigns.
Definition: Continuing steadfastly despite difficulties or obstacles.
Association with Love: Perseverance is love’s refusal to give up.
Reflection: Love never quits.
Definition: Living in conscious connection with God through gratitude, requests, and praise.
Association with Love: Prayerfulness is love in conversation with its Source.
Reflection: Prayer is the breath of love to heaven.
Definition: Fully showing up with your mind, heart, and attention.
Association with Love: Presence says, “You are not alone.”
Reflection: Love’s greatest gift is simply to be there.
Definition: Genuine regard for the worth, rights, and feelings of others.
Association with Love: Respect honors the divine within each person.
Reflection: If love is the heart of life, respect is its backbone.
Definition: Acting with care and fulfilling obligations to others.
Association with Love: Responsibility is love’s promise to protect and provide.
Reflection: Love takes ownership for what it cherishes.
Definition: Giving up something valuable for the sake of someone or something else.
Association with Love: Sacrifice is love’s ultimate gift, reflecting God’s giving nature.
Reflection: What love gives up, it gains in eternity.
Definition: Putting others’ needs first without resentment.
Association with Love: Selflessness serves without expecting return.
Reflection: In forgetting ourselves, we find love’s heart.
Definition: Awareness of and responsiveness to others’ feelings.
Association with Love: Sensitivity is love’s fine-tuned hearing.
Reflection: To be sensitive is to walk barefoot in another’s heart.
Definition: Actions taken to meet others’ needs.
Association with Love: Service is love’s work—tangible care.
Reflection: The hands that serve are the hands of love.
Definition: Genuine, honest expression without pretense.
Association with Love: Sincerity is love’s truth without masks.
Reflection: In sincerity, love finds its clearest voice.
Definition: Providing strength, assistance, or encouragement.
Association with Love: Support is love standing beside someone through challenges.
Reflection: Love’s arms are made for support.
Definition: Feelings of pity and concern for another’s misfortune.
Association with Love: Sympathy is love’s first step toward compassion.
Reflection: Sympathy opens the door for love to enter.
Definition: Gentle affection or concern.
Association with Love: Tenderness is love’s softness, often shown in small acts.
Reflection: In tenderness, love reveals its truest self.
Definition: Willingness to accept differences in others.
Association with Love: Tolerance is love’s commitment to peace amid differences.
Reflection: Love leaves room for difference.
Definition: Belief in the reliability, truth, or integrity of a person or source.
Association with Love: Trust is love’s foundation and anchor.
Reflection: Trust in love, and love will prove worthy.
Definition: Commitment to honesty and accuracy.
Association with Love: Truthfulness respects reality and builds trust.
Reflection: Love walks hand in hand with truth.
Definition: Seeing and accepting another’s perspective, feelings, or situation.
Association with Love: Understanding dissolves barriers and invites connection.
Reflection: Seek first to understand, and you will find love waiting.
Definition: A state of oneness or harmony among individuals or groups.
Association with Love: Unity reflects that all souls are connected in God.
Reflection: In love, there is no “us” and “them”—only “we.”
Definition: A feeling or expression of kindness, friendliness, and affection.
Association with Love: Warmth is love’s atmosphere, making others feel safe and welcome.
Reflection: A warm heart is a beacon of love.
Definition: A feeling of amazement and admiration.
Association with Love: Wonder is love’s awe at the beauty of creation and life.
Reflection: To live in wonder is to live close to love.
Definition: Great energy or enthusiasm for a cause or pursuit.
Association with Love: Zeal is love’s passion set into motion.
Reflection: When love burns brightly, it becomes zeal.