Faith, Hope, and Love

Hey guys,
I know it's been awhile. I'm sorry I've made hollow promises to get back into this blog. I am however writing one now. And I'm going to pour my heart out...
I'm at a church retreat right now. I'm a youth coach for all these high schoolers, and yet here I sit in my bunk praying and writing a blog because I, myself, am crying out to God.
God is so awesome. I can't even begin to fathom just how much he loves me.
Love. This word is thrown around so much by my generation and all those following.
1 Corinthians 13:8a- "Love never fails."
1 Corinthians 13:13- "And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love. But the greatest of these is love."
1 John 3:16- "This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers."
Psalm 5:11- "But let all who take refuge in you be glad; let them ever sing for joy. Spread your protection over them, that those who love your name may rejoice in you."
So:
What is love?
I'm not going to define it. I haven't looked up every verse that has the word 'love' in it and compiled a Bible-friendly definition of this concept, emotion, and feeling.

All I need to do is understand this:
-God is in control. He has everything for my whole life planned out. He's up in heaven right now, watching the footage of my life in the future.
-God paints on a HUGE canvas. He knows exactly what is good for us, and that His timing is perfect. I may not understand why I'm going through a certain situation, but God has it all planned out and He knows that in the end it'll become clear to me that it's all for the better.
-Forgiveness is not free but given to me nonetheless. I didn't have to pay anything for it. Nothing. Jesus paid everything when He allowed Himself to be taken and hung on the cross.

All those people that gathered to see the Christ tortured and killed on a cross... Jesus died for them. I was standing in that crowd. Every one of us were standing there, scoffing.
Jesus' love is limitless, boundless, unfailing, never-ceasing, unending, and uncensored.

I'm not sure if this really even makes sense. It did however help me.
Thanks for tuning in...