3 Short stories by Sherwood Lummus
Love, the expanded concept
The dictionary usually provide a definition of love that goes something like this; strong affection for another arising out of kinship or personal ties or attraction based on sexual desire : affection and tenderness felt by lovers
I want to explore love from the Hebraic perspective of love. Love is more than the emotion, love generate the emotions - thus, there is more to love than a set of emotions.
A friend of mine once said, "People should have the freedom to love. Obviously there are situations in which the power imbalance can be abused. A moral society should have safeguards to protect the vulnerable."
I agree that people should have the freedom to love. In order for us to help instill that freedom, we need to improve our concepts of love, then increase our conversations on the subject of love. For example: love is more than an emotion.
True love is about the genuine concern for a person's physical, mental, spiritual and emotional well-being. When we see and experience such in ourselves and in others, it should, and often does, create an emotional sense of pleasure. And while there are situations that can diminish that joy and well-being - the intelligence (knowledge of the situation and how to bring things into balance) can and will, empower the human being with the ability cause love to be overt and an acceptable norm of society. These are the bases for a moral society. These are also the safeguards that protect the citizens of this planet and make them to be less vulnerable to situations that would, otherwise, diminish the peace that love brings to humanity.
Another friend shared this with me, {Here's a short acknowledgement from an onlne app titled 'Bible'. Did you know that the word love is used 413 times in what is falsely labelled as the Old Testament? Otoh , it's used in the NT New Testament 223 times." ...
"Seems like that "Love" , when focused on another human being (regardless of age or gender)" and that other human
has the same feelings of "love'" toward you, then that "Love" controls all of the 'conditions' numbered by the previous
posting (included below)....and "Love" brooks no opposition from all the reaches of the intellect.}
Often times when people think that they love each other, they feel as though they are not on the same page.
The most common reason for this is a lack of proper communication. A relationship is about showing that you care.
Everyone experiences love differently, usually because of how we conceptualize love.
I believe that we all can learn to identify the roots of love, give and receive love in more meaningful ways, and grow closer to others than ever before.
Your Language of Love, knowing what love is, and how to explain it, can help you use love to connect to others.
Those little things in life
Those things that are often referred to as little things in life tend to have a ripple effect on
whether or not we achieve our big goals in life. We often underestimate the power of a small gesture of kindness, a loving embrace, a smile from
a stranger, or words of compassion. It is these things that build relationships and families and businesses, even successful nations.
Food for Thought: Peace in the End Times
Here are some things to consider which might change your outlook on life. Please do not take the terms/words at face value, look them up and consider other meanings than what you presently conceive about certain words. In doing so, you will gain a fresh new insight about the world in which you live.
I believe that most people have concerns about the "end times" but
very few have given any thought to what the end time consist of
except in light of the information put forth by the movies and
Christian Churches. The movie industries make films for the sake of
capital gain, not for the spread of Truth. Doctrines and dogmas of
the "Chrurch" is set forth to continue the "belief system" already in
place. No one stop to consider that if "satan has decieved the whole
world" that they too be have been decieved and in need of
enlightenment. The main media of satan is Religion, Entertainment
(movies, sports etc.) and Institutions of Higher Learning. As long as
satan can cause one to believe lies instead of Truth, they remain
decieved on every aspect of Divine Life (life pleasing unto Yah (G-d)).
When we attend these institutions, we must do so in Divine faith, the
faith to keep the nationalism of the Kingdom of Yah! Faith to keep
the Torah instead of world religion.
Many may not know that the end of this world does not imply the total
devastation of the earth. From the stand-point of the Prophets, it
suggests the end of the "civilization" that controls the minds of men
and influences nations. The "end times" is an end of the "image" or
acceptable "standard of evil" and a return to "Genesis" and the
original "Plan of Creation" in a world governed by men who are
governed by Yah. It is the end of evil imperialism. It is the end
of "human" government and the beginning of "Divine" government. This
end does not start with atomic weapons nor chemical warheads, it
begins with Righteous men and women standing up and teaching Truth of
Yah and His Torah.
Sir Isaac Newton saw it this way; "and about the time of the end a
body of men will be rised up who will turn their attention to the
prophecies and insist upon their literal interpretation in the midst
of much clamor and opposition." The Prophet Daniel and John the
revelator (Dan. 7 & Rev. 13 - 19) show that conditions on the earth
at the end of the age: world rulers are satanically energized, he and
his image are worshiped, he is acknowledged as possessing supreme
military power, he is a deciever and he exercises economic
dictatorship.
Since the end time has began, there must be a body of men and women
teaching Truth in the midst of lies and much opposition. This body of
men teach what must be done to worship Yah instead of worshipping
satan. Many people do not know that they are worshipping satan. And
many do know but do not know how to excape the worship of satan
(captivity).
Worship is anything or person whom you labor for, toil for or work
for; its your continuous actions, from the meal you eat in the
morning to the job you work on. It is on going 24/7 and cannot be
separated from anything you do. So to answer the "what does that mean
for true worshippers?" We must turn from every work and deed that
sustain the system of satan. We must challenge the evil system with
the Divine Light of the Torah. All our words, deeds and actions must
be for the Glory of Yah and His Truth.
Therefore, we must study to know Truth and then abide in that Truth.
to do this we must believe that Truth is knowable and not just an
opinion of man or woman. We must know that we have the capability to
know this Truth for ourselves, not that we will learn it by
ourseleves, for we are to learn from righteous teachers. And, we are
to learn from each other, and share the truth we know with our
brothers and sisters, for we "are" our brother's keeper. Thus, we put
an end to the "wirlwind of lies" that satan and his system causes on
the earth.
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