Love

Love

“Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where these is hatred, let me sow love.” 
                                                                                                                       Francis of Assisi
Here is a simple truth that all people everywhere can understand. Love.
The apostle Paul wrote,
“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, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.  
It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. 
Love never fails....
Now abides faith hope and love but the greatest of these is love.”
                                                                   1 Corinthians 13:4-8a,13.
Love is a universal truth. Love is giving of ones self unconditionally with no expectation of return.
A young Anne Frank a young Jewish girl hiding from the Nazi’s in the Netherlands during world war two wrote these words,
“Give of yourself, give as much as you can?  And you can always, always give something, even if it is only kindness!  If everyone were to do this and not be as mean with a kindly word, then there would be much more justice and love in the world.  Give and you shall receive, much more than you would have ever thought possible.  Give, give again and again, don’t lose courage, keep it up and go on giving!  No one has ever become poor from giving!”                                               Anne Frank
Anne sadly would die in a Nazi concentration camp.
Today we can look around the world and see various terrorist organizations murdering and killing innocent men women and children. They are doing it they say in the name of God.
No god would ever do such things. The men that are doing such atrocities today around the world are no different than the Nazis and perhaps worse.
While terrorist take the lack of love beyond the point of hatred there also seems to be a lack of love entering western society.
Men and women here don’t use violence, still their lack of love is shown when they picket in front of abortion clinics yelling to the people entering they are going to hell.
When people demand the ten commandments or other religious works be taken from view in government institutions. That is showing a lack of understanding and love.
When they protest against restricting the rights of any group. That is a lack of love.
In order to have a truly free society we need to love. Love by its definition shows man how to live with his fellow man.

“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,

 it is not easily angered, 

it keeps no record of wrongs. 

Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.  

It always protects, 

always trusts, 

always hopes, 

always perseveres. 

Love never fails....

Now abides faith hope and love but the greatest of these is love.”

                                                                   1 Corinthians 13:4-8a,13.
Please think about it.