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27th Feburary 2010
The truth about true love
By Bro. Felix Francois

From the classic tale of Romeo and Juliet to today’s blockbuster movies, the world is in love with love. People sing about it, dream about it, and write books about this most natural of all feelings. Everyone has two basic emotional needs: the desire to feel loved and the desire to show love. A major malfunction in humanity occurs when these desires are mixed up, and when love is not properly received or given.
Many young boys and girls fall in and out of love all through secondary school. Mankind is searching for true love, but as one classic Country music song puts it, the world is “looking for love in all the wrong places.” The fact is that true love is not found in receiving love from others. Being the center of your mate’s attention isn’t all you need. Love isn’t about getting some feeling or fix, it is about giving devotion and time. It is better to give than receive.
In modern thought love is often confused with lust and is usually considered an emotion that can be turned on and off like a light switch. The concept of love in the holy Scripture is very different. Love or “ahava” in the Hebrew means “to give.” The word “ahava” is usually used in the Scriptures as a verb. This means that love is something you do and not just what you feel or believe.
(Yahweh is the Hebrew name of the Creator as given to Moses at the burning bush. True love is not even based on feelings, as feelings can actually stop someone from giving love to others. We treat people the way we feel. Therefore, if we feel loved of the Almighty then we will treat other people with that same love.

 
 

When you treat others rudely, it’s simply because you are not feeling loved. Feelings are symptoms of thought. When we have these thoughts we then are inclined to act unlovingly to others. Understand that if you are not feeling the love of the Almighty, then it is your emotions that are stopping His ahava from filling your life. But, if you meditate, think, sing, or pray about Yahweh’s (love) ahava then your emotions and actions will reflect His love. Your actions go along with what you think about. According to one of the writing in the commentaries (New Testament), “Beloved, if Yahweh so loved us; we also should love one another,” 1 John 4:11.
Don’t allow bad problems or emotions to convince you that Yahweh doesn’t feel compassion towards you. Regardless of what you have done in the past, the Most High loves you and you are special to Him. His love is unconditional because it is His nature to love. “But anyone who does not love does not know Yahweh, why? The answer lies in these few words: Yahweh our Father is indeed Love, 1John 4:8. Take some time to read Paul’s commentary in 1Corinthians 13 and every where you see the word love appear replace it with the name of the Most High and you will have a true understanding of the word love, the pattern in this verse - first you do love and then you feel it and receive it. For faith to be effective, each religious action, each prayer, and each good deed must be from the motivation of showing love. Here are a few verses to consider about YHWH’s love: Deuteronomy 7:9, Psalms 37:28, Proverbs 8:17, Joshua 23:11

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