title: Love is a Verb Devotional: 365 Daily Inspirations to Bring Love Alive
author:  Gary Chapman 
description: Gary Chapman's book <i>The Five Love Languages</i> has sold over five million copies in English alone and has been translated into thirty-six languages, including Arabic and Hindi. In addition to his busy writing and seminar schedule, Gary is a senior associate pastor at Calvary Baptist Church in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, where he has served for forty-one years. Gary and his wife, Karolyn, have been married for fifty years and have two adult children and two grandchildren. Learn more at www.garychapman.org.
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  ![Creed’s Honor](../images/00002.jpeg)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  You’re a naked flame.
  
  
  And I’m coated in gasoline as I dance with you.
  
  
  Intoxicated on love. Blinded by delusions. Consumed with passion.
  
  
  Your lips were venom, and I was willingly prepared to lose my life.
  
  
  It was never love.
  
  
  It was purely insane addiction.
  
  
  There was no question if loving him would kill me—it was simply a matter of
  when.
  
  
  So why did I stay?
  
  
  Because some love stories are pure, utter insanity to the outsider’s eyes—and
  those love stories are ones that are never forgotten.
  
  
  If there was one thing certain, our love was a mixture of the darkest black,
  the purest white, and the deepest grey, with flashes of crimson.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  _Dedicated to the demons that wage wars within my mind, yet they will never
  win._
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  ![Prologue](../images/00005.jpeg)
  
  
  