Well, it is now half past twelve here. It's passing the midnight
half an hour ago and, yes, Valentine's Day was over. It is, however, still
fresh in my mind how I learned to love the one I've been loving these years.
Who else? That special person is no other than my own solo girlfriend. :) So,
what is so special this time?
My main problem is that for the past 1 year, I couldn't be at her
side every time every day. Yeah, we are now separated by 2000+ kms and 1 hour
time zone difference. A few days ago, I met her and I remembered that
Valentine's Day was approaching. So I just thought of buying a flower bouquet
and having it delivered to her on the day. And, of course, that happened
yesterday on the Val's Day. :D
After making sure that the florist had really sent the flowers to
her, I made a phone call to her to say "Happy Valentine's Day". The
first thing that was quite hurting was the fact that she was asking for more
things, like chocolate, romantic dinner, bla-bla. I think she was just kidding.
Nevertheless, you know that we, humans are never satisfied with the things that
we have, we had, and we're going to have. But, this didn't matter because in
this occasion, I just wanted to express my love to her. Then we planned to meet
in the evening on Skype.
Unfortunately, we (both of us) had some things on the to-do-list
of the day. She had to attend the Val's Day celebration at our church and I had
to help a friend prepare for an important teleconference. So, after finishing
the preparation, I was just waiting for her to be online. However, she couldn't
fail to leave the church before 9pm, so I was just waiting for her to come
home. Finally, she came home and I was quite happy that I finally could chat
with her. Unfortunately, she felt very tired and sleepy so the chat wasn’t for
so long. I was again disappointed at that time.
Well, at the end of the day, as we’re getting older and more
mature, we know that loving means taking bitter pills and pains. Love many
times brings sweet and pleasant feelings, but not until your loved one
disappoints you. Misunderstanding, disputes, disagreements, and many other
reasons can bring our relationships with our loved ones to a ‘brink’. So, then
is love still worth fighting for?
If we are getting back to the origin of love, then we could
understand how a lover is supposed to love and how love is supposed to be expressed.
A paradigm that I can propose here is that we should go back to the notion that
God is love and God loves us. As God loves us, God still loves us even if we
don’t want to love God back. God is persistent and consistent with God’s love.
It is God’s commitment to love us despite our stance before him and the circumstances
that we’re having.
As a Christian, it is God’s love in Jesus Christ that makes me
love God in return. It is His commitment to love us that amazed me and dragged
me into His ocean of love. It is His persistence on the cross to finish the
saving-the-world mission that has made me admire Him so much. It is His choice
to love us and stay silent, even when we condemn and reject Him that has
ensured me that His love is true and genuine.
His love makes Him wait for us to come to His presence and enjoy
Him forever. It is a kind of love that only wants others to enjoy His love
regardless the price and the sacrifice to be paid. The kind of love that we
should apply in our lives towards our loved ones: not the kind of love that is
complaining, murmuring, condemning, and being selfish to demand others’ loves
and cares. It is the love that only gives and doesn’t think of taking anything
back.
This is why Jesus died on the cross as a substitution for you and
me that actually have to be punished for our own trespasses. His love calls you
and me to return back to our eternal home, namely to be in a relationship and
fellowship with Him forever. Would you believe in this God and accept Him into
your heart? Because life is never about doing good things (because we can never
do so perfectly) and trying to achieve fames, gain money, and obtain a good
position (because those are mundane and useless in the end). Life is about love
and when the world has been missing true love for so long, it is His true and
genuine love that can mend this situation. It is His love that can change your
love from the inside out. You’d never trust me until you take a step to accept
this love, pray to him, and experience it abundantly till the end of your life.
Thereafter, you’d meet Him and be able to enjoy His love in eternity, of
course, forever. Happy Valentine’s Day! Enjoy love! :D
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