Sharing with you a beautiful photo caption I just received in my FB page today.
There are many faces of love but reading this definition of St. Augustine has got me thinking about what love is truly about. "Have I ever really loved like this, so selflessly, sincerely and compassionately?", I ask myself. There are so many questions popping up in my mind and the answers are nebulous and uncertain. Because being human, imperfect and sinful as I am I could not say for sure where I stand. I look at my hands and are they always ready to help others? My feet, do they run to the poor and needy? And my eyes and ears, what do they see and hear?
God says quite clearly that we are to love our neighbor as we love ourselves. If we do this then we are His children and definitely love Him. I think about how to achieve all this when we are full of self love and stingy with our time and money. I can't be bothered with other people's problems and little grievances. Do I want to spend time working for charitable organisations and causes that might be unrewarding for me? I don't know. I think maybe this is a good time to start to do the impossible for me, change my perception of what love is. The kind of love that is deep in the heart and not up in the air and devoid of real compassion.
Love is all about loving God and our fellowmen. This is what love looks like.
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Made me want to check 1 John 3:17-18, such a very nice reminders to all of us, "Let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth".
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That is very easily said but most difficult to do. We cannot be expected to love everyone as the Lord has commanded. We have to be like a Mother Teresa in action, in faith, and in selflessness. But I remember the words from a quote I read before which makes sense of this all: "Start with one." When you are wondering how you can feed all the hungry people around you - start with one. When you are wondering how you can clothe all the poor people, or how you can comfort all the sick and helpless people, or how to shelter the homeless people around you - start with one. Remember, every journey begins with the first step.
Murag lalom na ni bro ba : ) Salamat sa bisita.
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A very profound quote. A reminder that our actions are a true reflection of what is in our hearts and minds.
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Actions speak louder than words, as the saying goes. You're spot on with this @emergehealthier. We can only pray that we be reminded daily to do only the things that are pleasing to the Lord.
May our hearts and minds reflect what true love looks like.
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