1 Corinthians 13:13
But now remains
faith, hope and love,
these three;
but the greatest of these is love.
As I was preparing myself to re-emerge like a butterfly from a cocoon, I was thinking hard how to start up the first entry. Will I make a mess once again? Or will I fly high enough to soar like an eagle. Oh! Another thought in the rainy season of a humid tropical country girl!
Then I realized the need of setting up a new blog - to convey thoughts, mind, knowledge, emotions, decisions, and most important of all - to spread the seeds of love to all who read. And then I found in the midst of my massive web of thoughts - this verse - one of my favorite - 1 Corithians 13:13. Out of the three - faith, hope and love - love abides.
As time passes, emotions pass by. As time flees, all may change. Yet one thing that doesn't change - love - in its own special way. One of the greatest love story that had ever been produced - the love story of God to mankind. And because of this love, we live. There is this song that I remember singing a great worship song that bears these words:
But now remains
faith, hope and love,
these three;
but the greatest of these is love.
As I was preparing myself to re-emerge like a butterfly from a cocoon, I was thinking hard how to start up the first entry. Will I make a mess once again? Or will I fly high enough to soar like an eagle. Oh! Another thought in the rainy season of a humid tropical country girl!
Then I realized the need of setting up a new blog - to convey thoughts, mind, knowledge, emotions, decisions, and most important of all - to spread the seeds of love to all who read. And then I found in the midst of my massive web of thoughts - this verse - one of my favorite - 1 Corithians 13:13. Out of the three - faith, hope and love - love abides.
As time passes, emotions pass by. As time flees, all may change. Yet one thing that doesn't change - love - in its own special way. One of the greatest love story that had ever been produced - the love story of God to mankind. And because of this love, we live. There is this song that I remember singing a great worship song that bears these words:
"Because of His great LOVE, He gave His only Son,
everything was done, so you would come..."
That is the greatest love story ever written in the whole wide world... AND how much have we come to understand this great love??? 10%? 20%? Each of us has a ruler in our heart, and who exactly is our ruler? For once, I can proclaim that I want the greatest lover of all to be the ruler - God Himself. A verse in the bible states that God Himself is LOVE...
everything was done, so you would come..."
That is the greatest love story ever written in the whole wide world... AND how much have we come to understand this great love??? 10%? 20%? Each of us has a ruler in our heart, and who exactly is our ruler? For once, I can proclaim that I want the greatest lover of all to be the ruler - God Himself. A verse in the bible states that God Himself is LOVE...
Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.
(1 John 4:8 NIV)
Just for the sake of those who think what I said is unrealistic, how many a times when we realize our human relationship turns sour and in a state where nothing can revive it? As for my previous relationships with people - M-a-n-y. How did we ever go through all these? M-a-n-y ways. Alcoholism. Clubbing. Degradation of flesh/body. Drug abuse. Depression. Deceit. Demotivation. Dejection. Death. The gentlest of all - plunging into certain areas of life and starting becoming a -olic (e.g. alcoholic, shopaholic, workaholic) or crying. But it doesn't really help though - only made the eyes smaller than ever because they got so swollen that we couldn't see properly. Oh well!!! :) We can always say, "I'm mere human..." but this was so vague and unrealistic! How do I know who loves me? You will know when you don't close your heart like a fist and pretending you have offer everything you have to the God who is the great I AM.
I will share more of everything if God permits me with time, but now it is time for me to focus back to my work. A decision made, and I pray God grants me patience. :)
By profession, I'm just another mere employee of an organization which conducts education to some group of human race.
By love, I become a philosopher who has 101 things to share.
By grace, I have the ability to make a difference in the life I am living now.
By hope, I proclaim that, "I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and delivered Himself up for me." (Galatians 2:19-20)
Till then, adios!
(1 John 4:8 NIV)
Just for the sake of those who think what I said is unrealistic, how many a times when we realize our human relationship turns sour and in a state where nothing can revive it? As for my previous relationships with people - M-a-n-y. How did we ever go through all these? M-a-n-y ways. Alcoholism. Clubbing. Degradation of flesh/body. Drug abuse. Depression. Deceit. Demotivation. Dejection. Death. The gentlest of all - plunging into certain areas of life and starting becoming a -olic (e.g. alcoholic, shopaholic, workaholic) or crying. But it doesn't really help though - only made the eyes smaller than ever because they got so swollen that we couldn't see properly. Oh well!!! :) We can always say, "I'm mere human..." but this was so vague and unrealistic! How do I know who loves me? You will know when you don't close your heart like a fist and pretending you have offer everything you have to the God who is the great I AM.
I will share more of everything if God permits me with time, but now it is time for me to focus back to my work. A decision made, and I pray God grants me patience. :)
By profession, I'm just another mere employee of an organization which conducts education to some group of human race.
By love, I become a philosopher who has 101 things to share.
By grace, I have the ability to make a difference in the life I am living now.
By hope, I proclaim that, "I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and delivered Himself up for me." (Galatians 2:19-20)
Till then, adios!
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