love

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 brother. If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him? Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and truth. This then is how we know that we belong to the truth and how we set our hearts at rest in his presence whenever our hearts condemn us. For God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything. (1 John 3:16)

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I was at church last Sunday... Sitting in the auditorium... I felt a whole lot of emotion welling through me during praise and worship... I felt happiness, sadness, weariness, indifference, heartache... And the camera swept past my seat and showed me on the big screen, I was surprised to see that all I could see was a stoning middle aged lady staring blankly at the stage...

It was then that I realized... that it does not matter how much emotion you feel... If you do not act on them... It is as good as if those emotions never existed... You might think that it is obvious enough and the world can see it... But the world is so good at ignoring the obvious.... what makes you think they can see through you?

Of course once in a while, you do meet an insightful person who sees right through you... But how often do such people come along?

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Therefore, if you really do love someone... Do something about it... Cast aside all your reservations.. you can only live once... and today... could very well be the day you made the best decision of yourself... to love freely... It does not have to be a romantic love.. Love exists in so many forms... None greater than the other...

It is not good to mock or insult someone who loves greatly..
Nor is it good to praise a person full of hate...
In so doing, you are building barriers around the sacred..
And allowing the profane to go unpunished...

And yet, such is the way of the world...
A woman who loves boldly is insulted...
A man who loves boldly is humiliated...
People who criticize others and hate openly...
Are respected and feared...