Let's love!



What is love? Love is one of the strongest power in the world. Paris's love to Helen of Troy caused the Trojan War in Homer's Epic. Romeo's love toward Juliet brought them to death in immortal story by Shakespeare. Love can be the reason for the strongest sacrifice yet also the strongest source of jealousy. Kings raised and down but yet the love stories keep repeating.

Throughout history, we recorded men and women searching love throughout their lives. Some people get their love of their life, yet some people lost it. But still love is the major theme in many steamy novels to philosophical books. Love has inspired many authors to write great stories, painters to paint beautiful pictures, or sculptors to immortalize the moment. But there's one book of all that also talk about love:
(source: http://cutelovequotesforher.org/love-is-patient-love-is-kind-quote-with-beautiful-images/)

Yep! that's a quotation from the Bible. From Genesis to Revelation, Bible talks about love. God's love to this world. Yet, people keep questioning God's love. Many people question if God is love then why there's war? If God is love, then why there's poverty? If God is love, why there's a calamity? The list keeps going longer and longer.. Well, if we dare to think for a while,  human has tendency of blaming others since the fall of men in Eden. Adam blamed Eve for giving him the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Eve blamed serpent for seducing her to take and eat that fruit. Instead of being retrospective, they blamed each other even blaming God for all happened in their lives.

Considerably, all happen in this world because of men. Men abused the earth and caused global warming, but God is blamed for all the crazy weather we have. Men killed the exotic animals for fulfilling their greed, yet God again is blamed for letting things happen. Then the people started to blame the government, the law, the organization, the tax policy, the race even the religions that cause all this mess. They keep pointing others but never ask themselves.. "What should I do to fix this?"

What about to love? Human are selfish but God teaches us for being generous. Human are rude, but God teaches us to be gentle. Human needs their existence to be known, but God teaches us to be humble. If we all follow this golden rules, I can guarantee the world will never be the same again. The utopian country will be established.

Though the reality is not as good as it must be and the world is still unfair, why not starting the love movement with ourselves? Let's think about our beloved ones and think what legacy that we want them to remember about us. Let's start to share love, for love itself is kind, love is gentle. It doesn't envy or boast. It doesn't seek for own benefit or easily to anger. Love never fails! Live out the day and share your love,

 "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life."



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