The Cracked Acorn: Love

Love!

The newspaper has chosen an ideal time to publish a short article to further show the power of this amazing human emotion.

Our U.S. ambassador to Mexico has found the love of his life. He is the son of hard working parents and has worked his way up the political ladder to this high office. His lady love is wealthy, not several millions but 1.5 billion worth. She is one of Latin America’s wealthiest and most powerful women. The couple are ignoring this.

“Love is not about money. Love is about the values you  carry inside.” There will be a prenuptial agreement. Will this marriage work out? Maybe! We will have to keep buying the daily paper. Will Antonio and Maria be able to ignore the King Kong of wealth & enjoy the simple life of love and happiness. This relationship has all the ingredients of a nice long running soap opera.

Our Modern media uses “love” in all its forms to   promote, sell and circulate all types of products and propaganda. I remember a radio preacher of years ago who said everyone is looking for love. When they find it; it is like a well. They drink and drink till the well is dry. Then they move on to the next well where it is repeated over and over.

Are we that way today? Times have changed. Morals have changed. We have more freedom to question and seek our own answers to our needs and wishes. Resources are available to aid us in our search for fulfillment. We have not strayed too far from our ancient roots of seekers and gatherers. We still look up at the evening sky and wonder about its mysteries & see ourselves small but vital in an important universe.

Yes. We are all looking for the eternal love that cannot be severed by time and our puny problems. Will wealth come between our two love birds in the newspaper? The mathematical odds are heavily weighted it could, but in the field of human attachments; we just can never know for sure.

Remember: John 3:15 “For God so loved the world that He gave his only son, that whoever should believe on him shall not die but will have everlasting life.

HOW CHILDREN VIEW LOVE

“When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn’t bend over and paint her toenails anymore. So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That’s love.” – Rebecca, age 8

“When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different. You know that your name is safe in their mouth.” – Billy, age 4

“You really shouldn’t say ‘I love you’ unless you mean it. But if you mean it, you should say it a lot. People forget.” – Jessica, age 8

“God could have said magic words to make the nails fall off the cross, but He didn’t. That’s love.” – Max, age 5