February 14, 2007
What Love?
With Valentines we think of love
and of course that's Amore
When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie
That's amore.
When an eel bites your hand and that's not what you planned
That's a moray.
When our habits are strange and our customs deranged
That's our mores.
When your horse munches straw and the bales total four
That's some more hay.
When Othello's poor wife, she gets stabbed with a knife
That's a Moor, eh?
When a Japanese knight used a sword in a fight
That's Sa...mur...ai.
Such interesting stories turn up in my e-mail and today was no different. I’m not a person that compares myself to others nor do I spend time thinking on the negative sides of life. God made me more of a Pollyanna type – more prone to dwell on the promises of Jesus than the threats of satan. In the story that arrived today blindness overtook a young woman’s life. She didn’t just lose her eyesight she lost her heart sight and her ability to love. With every passing day her self loathing spilled out on all those around her darkening her world and causing misery to camp at her side. There was one flicker of light in her life. A young man devoted to her who took care of her and loved her with an unrequited love. The young woman believed that if she could only see again her life would be normal and she would marry her friend. When a call came from the hospital notifying her that her name had come up on the list and the cornea was available she was ecstatic. She couldn’t find her friend anywhere and left for the hospital without telling him the good news. She was now on her way to happiness. With the Corneal transplant her sight will be restored and then her friend will love her enough to ask for her hand in marriage. All those things came true for her but she didn’t marry the young man – she was horror-struck to see that he was blind and turned down his proposal. As she walked out of his life a small whisper from his heart was barely audible, “Just take care of my eyes dear”. What love – oh, it just tugs at my heart. He gave his eyes so his beloved could see but it didn’t cure her blindness. I see the reflection of our Savior’s love in this little story – it’s the kind of love I want to live regardless of what others do.
Pearl to String: Love does not focus on myself, but on others. “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”. (1 Corinthians 13:4-5) Each of these qualities of love is based upon an affectionate, compassionate, and forgiving attitude that regards others as being valuable and not just placing value on myself and my desires. No wonder the old saying goes "In the middle of sin is a big I". When "I" become more important than others and what "I" want and that "I" win is more significant than what someone else truly needs, then "I" have lost my way and do not display the love of Christ.
The best Valentine I ever received came 2007 years ago – have you received yours?
Happy Valentines Day …. You’ve been loved for a long time.
John 3:16
"As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you.
Now remain in my love" John 15:9
…or in other words:
"BE MINE." Love Jesus
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