love and rockets
today in America, we celebrate the day of love, St. Valentine's Day. While love is at the top of my personal to-do list, the holiday has become one of the country's favorite over-commercialized shopping days of the year, geared towards consumers in love. A side effect of this frenzy is the impending doom that lurks among singles who have not yet found their true love. For years I was sucked into this spiral, having never been with anyone who has shown me a special amount of love on this celebrated day (other than my mother) but my fresh perspective can bring hope for change. Not change like that which is over-rhetoricized by left-wing politicians, but a change of heart, a release of the past to make room for the new, with the goal of invoking positive energy into my own life, a quest for a new love on the horizon - accepting only the best because we deserve this for ourselves.
When I think of what love really is, not this hyped-up consumer type of love or the love that the world gives - real love starts with love for our Creator. The words of 1 Corinthians 13:4-5 say it best: Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. LOVE NEVER FAILS! May we all remember the true meaning of love this Valentine's Day!
Meanwhile over in the rockets red glare of a country (God's own Holy Land Israel), high securty alert levels have been enforced at the borders, with the murder of one of Hezbollah's top leaders. Now that I am not living there anymore, I follow the headlines religiously - as though a part of me still longs for this existence. When you read about the bombs and qassams (rockets) they are generally detonated in remote or isolated areas, but you would not deduce that from the reports. However the activity which has taken place among terrorist groups and their leaders is greater in scope than the everyday terrorism against Israel. Hezbollah threatened "open war" against Israel as one of its leaders Imad Mughniyeh was killed. Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah accused Israel of being responsible for the blast in Damascus, Syria, killing militant commander Imad Mughniyeh on Wednesday. Nasrallah stated, "With this murder, its timing, location and method - Zionists, if you want this kind of open war, let the whole world listen: Let this war be open." With the whole world watching, only those who have the love for Israel care and are moved by this unfortunate blame-game. The Bible commands us to love one another, and to love your neighbor as yourself. That's all we can do, here in America as we celebrate the Day of Love.
When I think of what love really is, not this hyped-up consumer type of love or the love that the world gives - real love starts with love for our Creator. The words of 1 Corinthians 13:4-5 say it best: Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. LOVE NEVER FAILS! May we all remember the true meaning of love this Valentine's Day!
Meanwhile over in the rockets red glare of a country (God's own Holy Land Israel), high securty alert levels have been enforced at the borders, with the murder of one of Hezbollah's top leaders. Now that I am not living there anymore, I follow the headlines religiously - as though a part of me still longs for this existence. When you read about the bombs and qassams (rockets) they are generally detonated in remote or isolated areas, but you would not deduce that from the reports. However the activity which has taken place among terrorist groups and their leaders is greater in scope than the everyday terrorism against Israel. Hezbollah threatened "open war" against Israel as one of its leaders Imad Mughniyeh was killed. Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah accused Israel of being responsible for the blast in Damascus, Syria, killing militant commander Imad Mughniyeh on Wednesday. Nasrallah stated, "With this murder, its timing, location and method - Zionists, if you want this kind of open war, let the whole world listen: Let this war be open." With the whole world watching, only those who have the love for Israel care and are moved by this unfortunate blame-game. The Bible commands us to love one another, and to love your neighbor as yourself. That's all we can do, here in America as we celebrate the Day of Love.
posted by :: Lisa :: at 4:22 AM
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