Love
bears love
Thursday, February 01, 2007
Love bears love
By HH Pope Shenouda III
Go and plant love in the
hearts of people and be assured that your love to them shall bear love to you
in their hearts but your love to them has to be true. And the person you are
giving love to has to feel that your love is true and coming form the depths of your heart. And it is a real and
practical love. And this has to effect him even after
a while. If the fruit of this love is late this could be for reasons but this
should not make you give up or change your ways, for in the bible it says love
never fails. 1 Cor 13:8 Love
never fails.
And people eventually will
realize your love even if they have to wait to make sure that your love is
true, the days shall prove that to them. And then they shall meet your love
with love. And they may even apologize that they have not loved you earlier. Be
assured that there is no barren love, for love if it does not bear love at
least it will bear shame. For people shall be ashamed of themselves for the
love you have given them. And because you love without expecting a reward from
people so be assured that when they realize it their
shame will increase because of your continuous love that does not stop even if
it is from your side only.
And we always must remember
true love does not ask for a reward it is not a commercial deal a person loves
because it is in his nature. The sun does not ask for a reward for the warmth
and the light it gives us but it does that because it is its nature so be like
that for God has taught us many lessons from nature so be loving to all even to
the ones that do not love you and if you cannot love your enemy the lest you
can do is not to hate him for love and hate cannot
reside in the same heart.
