Wednesday, February 14, 2007
THE ULTIMATE GIFT OF LOVE.....
The first Valentine was not sent by St. Valentine, as thought by most, but by our Father, in the giving of His most prized possession - His Son - to save a lost and dying world. As His own heart was grieving, He gave, that we might be redeemed. How He must have loved us.
Love, who can define it? Nations rise and fall for it, men are traded as pawns for it - it is so powerful it can motivate the deepest human emotion and so weak it can fail to hate, fail to take it’s own part.
Love is never in a hurry, her house of trust is built slowly and lasts eternally - yet can be born in a touch, a glance, a need….a fleeting moment.
Who is great enough to measure love? Men struggle through life with yardsticks and plumb-lines but are blind and deaf. Fools measure what they think they see….a wise man knows you cannot measure something that is still growing.
Who is great enough to contain love? No matter how we hunger and “need” within, we are unable to keep what little we may have. Even an enemy is begged to eat well on our portion.
Love is bought and bartered in every market place. Merchants set a price on wares they cannot own, do not posses and cannot produce. They rob it from the innocent and sell it to the ignorant and grow fat while they starve to death.
They say there is power in love. It has a saving and preserving quality. It’s greatest gift is the eventual outcome of all righteousness and it is never without hope. It transcends human understanding for even animals and plants respond to love and evil is dispelled by it.
It is a word that has been written about on stone, papyrus and the human heart….spoken, screamed and whispered since man began and will survive into all eternity.
You can abuse it, ignore it, try to kill it, or use it but such things only increase it’s capacity to love more.
Love!! Invisible, indescribable and elusive….yet so obvious to all who possess it.
Why do we wonder at it’s goodness, power, necessity, wealth, size, endurance or greatness? The smallest child can declare with certainty the definition of love is God……and God is love…….
Until the next time, I am,
Essentially Esther
Love, who can define it? Nations rise and fall for it, men are traded as pawns for it - it is so powerful it can motivate the deepest human emotion and so weak it can fail to hate, fail to take it’s own part.
Love is never in a hurry, her house of trust is built slowly and lasts eternally - yet can be born in a touch, a glance, a need….a fleeting moment.
Who is great enough to measure love? Men struggle through life with yardsticks and plumb-lines but are blind and deaf. Fools measure what they think they see….a wise man knows you cannot measure something that is still growing.
Who is great enough to contain love? No matter how we hunger and “need” within, we are unable to keep what little we may have. Even an enemy is begged to eat well on our portion.
Love is bought and bartered in every market place. Merchants set a price on wares they cannot own, do not posses and cannot produce. They rob it from the innocent and sell it to the ignorant and grow fat while they starve to death.
They say there is power in love. It has a saving and preserving quality. It’s greatest gift is the eventual outcome of all righteousness and it is never without hope. It transcends human understanding for even animals and plants respond to love and evil is dispelled by it.
It is a word that has been written about on stone, papyrus and the human heart….spoken, screamed and whispered since man began and will survive into all eternity.
You can abuse it, ignore it, try to kill it, or use it but such things only increase it’s capacity to love more.
Love!! Invisible, indescribable and elusive….yet so obvious to all who possess it.
Why do we wonder at it’s goodness, power, necessity, wealth, size, endurance or greatness? The smallest child can declare with certainty the definition of love is God……and God is love…….
Until the next time, I am,
Essentially Esther
