On love...
Ah... the magical 4 letter word that make hearts flutter or send others flying out the window. Something everyone need and can never live without but many have no clue what it really is, so what is this mysterious phenomenon call love? Oxford English dictionary defines love as 'a warm liking or affection' and the bible in 1 Corinthians 13: 4-5 says that 'Love is patient, love is kind. it does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. it is not rude, it is not self-seeking, its not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.' in fact read the whole of chapter 13, it has a very powerful meaning to the word love. if we want to be precise, there are many forms of love in this world, family love, love between friends, love for that special some one. however, all these fall under the greatest love of all - the love of Christ.
"Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends." John 15:13
"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life." John 3:16
Which brings us back to the question, what really is love? from what i have stated thus far, to really love some one, you must be ready to give up your life for that person. are you willing to do that? i know i will for all those i love, now is that selfish? i honestly dare say that i will not die for a total stranger, But Jesus did just that, he didn't just sacrificed his life for his family or disciples, he died for everyone, he died to save people he has never met, for you and me. hence we are given life, what we do with this life is in our hands. i'm only human, i take a life time to learn and even if i use my entire life to learn, i can never fathom the love of Christ. but i know what i can do, i can learn to be more like Him, to love as he did, as he command: to love each other as I have loved you. For at the end of our journey, our way to heaven is not earn by how much money we have, how many cars we own or how much donations we make to charities, it has already been given to us, its just up to us to accept it. in this short life we have on earth, there is not enough time to even love, so put all your hate and grudges away and start by loving those close to you. In everything we do, if we do not do it with love there is no meaning to it.
This is another story i took from my book,
"Dr Robert Seizer, in his book Mortal Lessons: Notes in the Art of Surgery, tells a remarkable story of performing surgery to remove a tumour in which it was necessary to sever a facial nerve, leaving a young woman's mouth permanently twisted in palsy. In Dr Seizer's own words: Her young husband is in the room. he stands on the opposite side of the bed, and together they seem to dwell in the evening lamplight, isolated from me, private. who are they, i ask myself, he and his wry-mouth i have made, who gaze at and touch each other so generously, greedily? the young woman speaks, 'will my mouth always be like this?' she asks. 'yes, it will' i said. 'it is because the nerve was cut.' she nods, and is silent. but the young man smiles. 'i like it,' he says, 'its kind of cute.' all at once i know who he is. i understand, and i lower my gaze. one is not bold in an encounter with God. unmindful, he bends to kiss her crooked mouth, and i, so close, can see how he twists his own lips to accommodate to hers, to show her that their kiss still works."
"Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends." John 15:13
"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life." John 3:16
Which brings us back to the question, what really is love? from what i have stated thus far, to really love some one, you must be ready to give up your life for that person. are you willing to do that? i know i will for all those i love, now is that selfish? i honestly dare say that i will not die for a total stranger, But Jesus did just that, he didn't just sacrificed his life for his family or disciples, he died for everyone, he died to save people he has never met, for you and me. hence we are given life, what we do with this life is in our hands. i'm only human, i take a life time to learn and even if i use my entire life to learn, i can never fathom the love of Christ. but i know what i can do, i can learn to be more like Him, to love as he did, as he command: to love each other as I have loved you. For at the end of our journey, our way to heaven is not earn by how much money we have, how many cars we own or how much donations we make to charities, it has already been given to us, its just up to us to accept it. in this short life we have on earth, there is not enough time to even love, so put all your hate and grudges away and start by loving those close to you. In everything we do, if we do not do it with love there is no meaning to it.
This is another story i took from my book,
"Dr Robert Seizer, in his book Mortal Lessons: Notes in the Art of Surgery, tells a remarkable story of performing surgery to remove a tumour in which it was necessary to sever a facial nerve, leaving a young woman's mouth permanently twisted in palsy. In Dr Seizer's own words: Her young husband is in the room. he stands on the opposite side of the bed, and together they seem to dwell in the evening lamplight, isolated from me, private. who are they, i ask myself, he and his wry-mouth i have made, who gaze at and touch each other so generously, greedily? the young woman speaks, 'will my mouth always be like this?' she asks. 'yes, it will' i said. 'it is because the nerve was cut.' she nods, and is silent. but the young man smiles. 'i like it,' he says, 'its kind of cute.' all at once i know who he is. i understand, and i lower my gaze. one is not bold in an encounter with God. unmindful, he bends to kiss her crooked mouth, and i, so close, can see how he twists his own lips to accommodate to hers, to show her that their kiss still works."
posted by Aaron Sze at 10:59 AM
1 Comments:
a 4 letter word that takes a life time to learn. One can only love when he/she knows how to receive love.
hong
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