Love
For me, Love is the driving force in my life. But first, let's start from the beginning, with this passage from the bible, that reads, We love because he first loved us (1 John 4:19). So for me consequently love’s the most important core value in my life. This began with someone who was very close to me: my grandmother who was the first person to actually speak with me about love and faith to be honest.
Growing up, I lived with her throughout my childhood an she would talk about having faith in the Lord and how God's unconditional love would always be with me. She was a very strict and loving woman of God an when she spoke on these topics, I knew just how important they were, not just because of what she was saying but because of
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Why wasn’t this woman stopped. Thank God, she wasn’t and with good reason just take a look at how things turned out for me, a little tattered with a few bruises but still functional.
Was she doing this intentionally? Of course she was. She was making sure I understood what, love was and what’s required of it so that I would be familiar with it. But my mother’s love carries well, how should I say this a hardcore love appeal, with rigid and beautiful sentiments. She was stern, but yet graceful for some of our misdeeds around the house, “ she loved us so”. So as you can see early on in my childhood, I was being groomed For tackling this thing called love. And at time I didn’t handle it as well as I could. Now I look back over all the memories we shared and the many teachings from this old woman, and I remember how she cultivated my heart into what it is now, and I would be remiss if I didn’t mention God just one more time, that it was His love that she was showing me, through those precious nights I shared seated at her feet. I remember the days when I wanted both of them to stop, mom and grandma, but lately I wish then it could go on until day’s end.
Oh! How this world could use that kind of love today. But If you haven’t noticed by now, I believe I’ve reinforced the fact about this love that I speak of has truly convinced me to be a good and upstanding man; it shows my integrity as a
She would always help my mom with me. I would say one of the main things I’ve learned from her is to be friends with people who make you a better person. She would ask, “would you rather be a better person than you are now or become lesser?” Yes, as a young girl I could only understand to a point. At one point in middle school I realized what she truly meant. I was a extremely shy girl and making friends were hard. As this shy girl I was more likely be by myself so I saw how others would act and talk. It brought a new light to my eyes. When I started making friends I made sure they were people that were kind and truthful people. These people are still my friends today and honestly made me a better
impacts and changes in my life with her strong and passionate words, and I believe she is a
She also has several works written about her sermons. Many praise her for her extraordinary skill in education. Through her sermons, she is able to use the basic scriptures in a manner where it is applicable in our daily lives.
She also taught me to finish something if I started it, and that carried over to my reading. If I start reading a book I always finish it and do my best to understand it. So, she instilled what I know about reading and she influenced the way I read. She always told me, when I was younger, to pronounce my words right so that when I get older I would pronounce my words right. All that she has said to me and taught me when I was coming up as a younger child helped me get to the level of reading I am on today and also to the level of understanding I have of all the words I read. Without her encouraging me in this way I would have had problems understanding things that I read and wouldn’t be as smart as I have grown to be. I am very thankful of how I was brought up as a kid.
She overcame many struggles, which she always called opportunities from the Lord. And it was those struggles that made her an amazing counselor, mother and friend. She walked hand and hand with many women of our church watching and guiding them to a closer relationship with Jesus. Her personal and professional life was a quest to give back to people what she found in recovery. To teach everyone that life is a series of events the
Love is said to be the greatest human experience in which mankind are privilege to partake in. To love can be a wondrous experience filling life with bliss and other strong emotions. Some people believe to love is to be alive and be able to see the good in the world and others. The purpose of this paper is to examine and find a better understanding of what is love, to explore what people believe love to be, and what lies surround the perception of love and to explore and expose what the meaning true love is or at the very least the authors understanding of the perception of love. In addition to exploring the concept, deception and the truth of love,
Being close to God always had an impact on her life. She never hated anyone even if they treated her harshly because she knew it was her duty to love everyone she encountered just like Jesus loved those who persecuted him. After she heard about Christ’s love she wanted to experience that love. “They say You love me. Nobody else does. If You want me, You can have me!” (Van Stone 30). She automatically felt that God was inside her and she knew that she was loved. That night she cried tears of joy because she knew that God was there and he would change her life dramatically. Throughout the years she saw that God was always with her no matter the circumstances she could always depend on God and she always trusted in
They alone could I seek counsel, for our respective loves were two of a kind. With tender hearts did they invite me inside. Pulling a chair away from the table, my spot at the table, they insisted we eat as a family. It was an activity that you and I did together. Still, I accepted. In my childhood home, in my childhood spot, I could once again see my parents through the eyes of a child. They joked with one another, laughing just for the sake of being happy with each other. Their eyes would meet, and a gentle upturn of the lips, with a hand on cheek, I could see love. But this time, this love had given me great sadness. For, the love that I saw was not the love that I had. But, the love that I saw wasn’t love at
Love is difficult to define, difficult to measure, and difficult to understand. Love is what great writers write about, great singers sing about, and great philosophers ponder. Love is a powerful emotion, for which there is no wrong definition, for it suits each and every person differently. Whether love is between family, friends, or lovers, it is an overwhelming emotion that can be experienced in many different ways.
She seemed to know everything. Anytime I had a perplexing question I knew she would know what to tell me. Her wisdom spanned several subjects. Everything from the textbook things they wanted me to learn in school, to the life lessons that there are no textbooks for. She taught me by example. She showed me that it was just a waste of my time and energy getting mad, upset, angry or so irate that I allowed myself to be controlled by my emotions. She was always calm, patient, and even tempered when faced with people who were less than pleasant to be around. I learned from watching her deal with people that being nice never fails. And I learned from watching her deal with the situations life would present that as long as you gave everything you had to give and never quit, you could never be beat.
Why is love so important in a person’s life? In society, love is such a vital aspect which most center their lives around. For many it is what creates meaning in their daily lives and what makes us continue to chose to live. People move across the country for love, do outrageous acts that declare their love, and spend their lives dedicating time, energy, and commitment to those they chose to love. “Love is what makes the world go round” because it is such a strong feeling of attachment we feel for our partners, children, and friends. As humans we have strong emotional needs and many make the mistake of ignoring when these needs are not being met.
What concepts, principles, or ideas that you have learned, do you think you will remember the most after you leave this class?
It seems to be without question that love is at the core of what every human desires. We seek it from the start of life, before we even know the word or emotion, in the bond of parent and child. We look for it in friendships and family relationships as we grow throughout childhood. When mature, we long for the companionship that a lifelong vow of love and marriage will satisfy. The Bible mentions love hundreds of times and places it high above almost anything else, naming it as the center of our salvation in Christ and our hope of life eternal with Him. It’s almost too simple of a concept that love matters, but as Sue Gerhardt shares throughout her book Why Love Matters: How Affection Shapes a Baby’s Brain, somehow we lose sight of just how important love really is, and the fallout from this neglect can change a person’s life completely.
She understood perseverance and the importance of people and she carried on against all odds. The last time I spoke to her, she knew exactly who I was, despite
Love is an abundant emotion that has different degrees. There is familial love, friendly love, unconditional love, and of course romantic love. Romantic love will be the superstar of this article. Romantic love may be around every corner whether between an old couple or a young teenage romance. However, love is not the easiest thing to attain. It is such a simple concept, though a difficult thing to actually have a person’s hands on.