tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4594466655926701168.post4658744877253803322..comments2024-01-20T06:33:12.603-08:00Comments on Created to Give God Glory: The Precious Gift of LoveCreated to Give God Gloryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17298394573836878999noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4594466655926701168.post-29211169791549395722011-07-17T20:34:48.474-07:002011-07-17T20:34:48.474-07:00Indeed love is a gift; if it is forced by another ...Indeed love is a gift; if it is forced by another or circumstance, it is no longer love, for what is coerced is not true love. <br /><br />That it is a gift, the receiver is not supposed to have merited or worked for it, we have to understand that as a giver, we give true love, not he or she has merited or worked for it. Yet, if we still love, it is a choice; and it is a commitment, for in the first place, there was no part from the one you decided to love, and none to be expected thereafter. <br /><br />For the receiver, because it is a gift which you merited not, you cannot coerce true love, if you have to work for it, what you receive is NOT true love; if you subsequently have to work, that true love has stopped, the giver isn't giving out true love anymore.<br /><br />True love is difficult to find and give, but there are true love in our midst. For example, uncorrupted parental love for his or her child is one. I believe it is meant by God to portray His love from His (decision of) creation of Man, it is the unconditional love or Agape love of God. <br /><br />The love between spouses in a marriage is supposed to be another, but it is sad, that too many do not choose to view it that way.<br /><br />While true love is a gift, we can choose, and we should choose to reciprocate love with love. And so, we are to love God, for He first loved us. Children are to love their parents, and spouses are to love one another, and men are to love one another.<br /><br />In a way, love is like salvation, we do not merit or work for our entry into salvation, yet when we have been loved and being loved, we ought to love, just as in salvation, we ought to bear fruits and do good works. Good works ought to come from being saved, and acts of love, from being loved. Love begets love, even as love is not to be worked for.<br /><br />Anthony Chia, high.expressionsAnthony Chiahttp://high-expressions.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com