" there is no safe investment. to love at all is to be vulnerable. love anything, and your heart will certainly be wrung and possibly be broken. if you want to make sure of keeping it intact, you must give your heart to no one, not even to an animal. wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements; lock it up safe in the casket or coffin in your selfishness. but in that casket- safe, dark, motionless, airless- it will change. it will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, inpenetrable, irredeemable. the alternative to tragedy, or atleast to the risk of tragedy, is damnation. the only place outside Heaven where you can be perfectly safe from all the dangers and pertubations of love is Hell." - C.S Lewis.
a friend of mine pointed out to me the other day that if we rotate the number "8" horizontally, then it becomes the "infinity sign". and it just got me thinking about The Father's love for us. He loves us even if we don't love Him. i think that is one of the hardest things to do: to love without being loved in return. it's kind of like our parents' love too. they just keep loving us despite of our rebellion. the cool thing about that is that sooner or later, the recipient will just feel like stop running away from the love and actually just give in to it.
it's pretty easy to love [or like] someone when you know they love [or like] you in return. but to continue loving them despite of the obvious contrary in their feelings, that's pretty hard to do . that's Jesus love. but like i always say: we can try. so this is one of my goals: to love and to like whom my heart chooses despite of their feelings towards me. don't give up just because they don't love or like you yet [read "pastoral peotry (milton is my favorite)] because one day, just like i have done with Jesus and my parents, they will give in. Have an awesome year.
"so you don't love me, well i'm just going to have to love you more now aren't i?"
"love thy enemies"- Jesus the King.
...comment left by a brother...:
This New Year 2008 has been billed as the year of “new beginnings,” because Biblically eight is known as the number of "new beginnings." That’s because after the Lord ended His work on the seventh day (Genesis 2:2) there had to come an eighth day, or "new beginning." It was also on the eighth day that a young Hebrew was to be circumcised, as a token of covenant, thus marking a "new beginning" to his life. (Genesis 17:15; Leviticus 12:3) Paul was circumcised on the eighth day. (Philippians 3:5) It is a medical fact that the coagulant bloodstream reaches its highest level on the eighth day, therefore making this the safest time to circumcise a boy. Yes, when we accept Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior we receive the spiritual circumcision and also receive a "new beginning." (Romans 2:29 and Deuteronomy 10:16)It was on the eighth day that a sheep was to be given to the Lord in Exodus 22:30 as a first fruit offering. Jesus is the Lamb of God that was given to the Lord for our "new beginning."It was on the eighth day that Moses called Aaron and his sons and presented a sin offering for himself and for the people. (Leviticus 9:1) This also alludes to the sacrifice of Christ and our "new beginning." There are several references to this same thing in the Old Testament.When the great flood came there were eight persons that gave the world a "new beginning." (Genesis 7:7, 13 and 2 Peter 2:5)It was on the eighth day that Jesus appeared to doubting Thomas for him to believe and thus give him a "new beginning." (John 20:26)Noel, these are just a few of the examples that describe the number eight as a "new beginning," including the horizontal eight you mentioned.I am sure that there are many more, but now it's on you and the Holy Ghost to seek them out. Remember Proverbs 25:2; "It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honor of kings to search out a matter."
-mario torres
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This New Year 2008 has been billed as the year of “new beginnings,” because Biblically eight is known as the number of "new beginnings." That’s because after the Lord ended His work on the seventh day (Genesis 2:2) there had to come an eighth day, or "new beginning."
It was also on the eighth day that a young Hebrew was to be circumcised, as a token of covenant, thus marking a "new beginning" to his life. (Genesis 17:15; Leviticus 12:3) Paul was circumcised on the eighth day. (Philippians 3:5) It is a medical fact that the coagulant bloodstream reaches its highest level on the eighth day, therefore making this the safest time to circumcise a boy. Yes, when we accept Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior we receive the spiritual circumcision and also receive a "new beginning." (Romans 2:29 and Deuteronomy 10:16)
It was on the eighth day that a sheep was to be given to the Lord in Exodus 22:30 as a first fruit offering. Jesus is the Lamb of God that was given to the Lord for our "new beginning."
It was on the eighth day that Moses called Aaron and his sons and presented a sin offering for himself and for the people. (Leviticus 9:1) This also alludes to the sacrifice of Christ and our "new beginning." There are several references to this same thing in the Old Testament.
When the great flood came there were eight persons that gave the world a "new beginning." (Genesis 7:7, 13 and 2 Peter 2:5)
It was on the eighth day that Jesus appeared to doubting Thomas for him to believe and thus give him a "new beginning." (John 20:26)
Noel, these are just a few of the examples that describe the number eight as a "new beginning," including the horizontal eight you mentioned.
I am sure that there are many more, but now it's on you and the Holy Ghost to seek them out. Remember Proverbs 25:2; "It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honor of kings to search out a matter."
I totally agree that one of the hardest things that we can do is love another person that may or may not ever love us back. It puts one in a state of great vulnerabilty; which is a place we dont like to be. However, I think that most of the times we have a hard time loving other people because of the hurts that we have experienced in the past. You want to love someone but you just keep thinking, "What if I get hurt?". If anyone can relate to you it would have to be Jesus Christ; who loved Judahs only to be betrayed by a kiss. Who after being crucified, He prayed for his killers. To love is to be free, and to be free is to love. Let go of your past brokeness, have no regrets, and let God move you in the power of his love.
"I hold it true, whate'er befall;
I feel it, when I sorrow most;
'Tis better to have loved and lost
Than never to have loved at all."
-Alfred Tennyson`
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