Finally, I able to understand deeper the meaning of love by meditated Corinthians 13, with the power of Holy spirit guided my thought. Thanks for a forward email by Uncle Tony too to remind me the word of compassion and connection. Thanks Lord.
I asked God to give me an understanding of Love. As this is related to my blog’s title-> 情 (情consists meaning of: affection/feeling/love/passion), so I find a need to understand it clearly. Worry I would forgot what had been enlighten me, so I decide to write it down in blog to make clear of my title and share with others.
Love is a feeling of favor/adore (喜爱) through relationship or affection with spiritually connection with compassion, tolerance and understandingly (同情, 忍让和宽容). Love requires humility and kindness. Love happen within a long-term relationship with commitment.
As bible tells us, Love is eternal (Corinthians 13:8). And love is greatest among faith and hope (Corinthians 13:13).
In life, we are playing various role of commitment need to exercise love, such as role as daughter/son, mother/father, friends, sister/brother, and husband/wife, Child of God & within the family in Christ. And the theory of exercise love is just the same to every relationship.
As refer to Corinthians 13:4: Love is patient and kind; it is not jealous or conceited or proud; love is not ill-mannered or selfish or irritable; love does not keep a record of wrongs; love is not happy with evil, but is happy with the truth. Love never gives up, and its faith, hope, patience never fail.
Corinthians 13:11-12
When I was a child, my speech, feelings, and thinking were all those of a child; now that I am an adult, I have no more use for childish ways. What we see now is like a dim image in a mirror, and then we shall see face-to-face. What I know now is only partial; then it will be complete-as complete as God’s knowledge of me.
I remember when I was little girl & teenager, I use to adore charming guys, fascinated by their brilliant appearance and cool outlook. My 17th years old, was having a trip with a gang of good friends in Genting , bumped into a group of Korean brilliant guys, we were crazily followed them behind in half of the journey. We enjoyed gossip about handsome boys in school. We admired handsome actors/singers, and kept their pictures of poster and magazine. We were so young, as bible tells, When I was a child, my speech, feelings, and thinking were all those of a child. We were looking for INSTANT LOVE of feeling, the instance adoration by appearance attractiveness. We confuse of what is true love sometime. Parents’ rebuke was giving feeling of unhappy, thus misunderstood that this is not call love. A sweet talk with guys and friends will take as love irrationally.
Well, this is common to this materialistic world in spite of age group too. As per seen, the environment of promoting physical adoration in pub & disco, the increasing rate of one-night stand and divorce is a sign of people is not value long-term relationship, the refuse to carry out of commitment to walk into the complete picture of love.
This is natural that we carry our love with desire of physically adoration, due to we are physical conscious of being. Physical desire is selfish, self-centre with a heart of possession. Thanks God that the amazing grace through Jesus Christ in us, make a way for us to able to be promoted to be spiritual being, to engage the spiritual adoration, and this will bring everlasting love, which is the truth that God want us to uphold, a heart to give blessing to others.
Lastly, God ask us not to selfish our love only to brilliant lady or gentleman who has caught your heart, as He said: LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOUR as yourself (Matthew 8:39). Impossible your neighbor is always your lover .. how’s your brothers sisters, friends, parents, grandpa grandma, aunt uncle? The world is big, not to narrow our world to few people only that you find worth. There are still many people around need our attention & love. :)
