FRIDAY, AUGUST 26, 2022, LOVE IS BLIND - BUT LOVE WINS

 FRIDAY, AUGUST 26, 2022 - LOVE IS BLIND (BUT LOVE WINS)

(From a friend):

“"Today my daughter changed her profile picture. After maybe 5 minutes I get a text ..” I didn’t know she was dating a black boy, did you?”

It took me all day to think up a response, which I didn’t send personally but thought I would share with anyone else that “may not know”

Yes in fact I did know, but the color of his skin doesn’t define who he is. What defines who is he is how he treats my daughter.

I see my daughter dating a boy that comes to my house and shows me nothing but respect (a big deal in my book). It’s always Yes Ma’am, No Ma’am, we talk about football and baseball, he tells me bye when he leaves, and has not once shown me a lack of manners or respect.

I see my daughter dating a boy who treats her well. He takes her on dates, to ballgames, out to eat..not to a club or partying on the weekends.

I see my daughter dating a boy who takes her to church with him. Every Sunday. He plays in the band, and she sits with his family. How many young men these days make church a priority? None of the others have.

He doesn’t hit her, cuss her, lie to her, or make her cry. Would I rather her date a white boy that did, to keep from her dating another race? Absolutely not.

So that’s my response to the question I was asked. And I know people have their own opinion, but at the end of the day, the fact that my daughter has someone that loves her and treats her like a queen makes me happy. That’s something I’ve never had in my life and I’m glad she does."

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If I could speak all the languages of earth and of angels but didn’t love others, I would only be a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. If I had the gift of prophecy, if I understood all of God’s secret plans and possessed all knowledge, and if I had such faith that I could move mountains, but didn’t love others, I would be nothing. If I gave everything I have to the poor and even sacrificed my body, I could boast about it; but if I didn’t love others, I would have gained nothing. 1 Corinthians 13:1-3

 

If anyone claims, “I am living in the light,” but hates a fellow believer, that person is still living in darkness.  Anyone who loves a fellow believer is living in the light and does not cause others to stumble. But anyone who hates a fellow believer is still living and walking in darkness. Such a person does not know the way to go, having been blinded by the darkness. I John 2:8-9

God is LOVE!!  LOVE WINS!!!

 

The two greatest commandments are summed up this way:

Love the Lord, Your God, with all your heart, mind, soul, and strength, and Love your neighbor as yourself.

Is there a difference between the two LOVE words?  LOVE THE LORD, LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR?  

Yes, English has one word for “Love” - but Greek has three words - Agape, Eros, Philo.  Agape love - pure love.  

Love your neighbor, love your daughter’s black boyfriend (and later, love your black son-in-law); Love your transgender brother/sister; Love your sister who is in love with a woman; Love your son who is in love with a man; Love your atheist neighbor; Love your Hindi neighbor.

LOVE WINS!!!

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May God pour out HIS PERFECT LOVE on you, and may you share that PERFECT LOVE with others!!

 

Karen White, ©

August 26, 2022