And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, Whom he has given us.

AMEN!  The way we respond to people and situations now is far different from the way we would have responded before we knew Christ.  The love God has poured into our hearts is entirely superior to anything we would have conjured up before knowing Jesus.  It is a deeply spiritual love that now governs our actions, our words and our hands.  That love has nothing to do with feelings.