someone once said that the opposite of love is not hate but in fact fear.
i can't quite remember what the person's explanation for that statement was but my interpretation is this. hate means that there is a lack of love. you can't love someone and hate him at the same time but you can intensely dislike.
life has taught me that the essence of love is exactly as the bible says...or at least it has become my only point of reference if ever there is doubt in that area. so read with me;
makes sense doesn't it? hate takes form because there is no love but not when there is no love. you don't immediately start hating someone just because you've fallen out of love. but, when love is taken away, fear takes its place. fear causes insecurity, doubt, discontent. fear makes a person act without thinking things through. fear makes a person settle for something less than s/he deserves. fear heightens a person's desire to want.
so, is it wrong to want? is it wrong to settle for something less just because it happens to be there at the right time?
i guess if love is what it is, then love is what i want. the kind of love that drives away my fears.
i can't quite remember what the person's explanation for that statement was but my interpretation is this. hate means that there is a lack of love. you can't love someone and hate him at the same time but you can intensely dislike.
life has taught me that the essence of love is exactly as the bible says...or at least it has become my only point of reference if ever there is doubt in that area. so read with me;
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.
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.
1 Corinthians 13:4
makes sense doesn't it? hate takes form because there is no love but not when there is no love. you don't immediately start hating someone just because you've fallen out of love. but, when love is taken away, fear takes its place. fear causes insecurity, doubt, discontent. fear makes a person act without thinking things through. fear makes a person settle for something less than s/he deserves. fear heightens a person's desire to want.
so, is it wrong to want? is it wrong to settle for something less just because it happens to be there at the right time?
i guess if love is what it is, then love is what i want. the kind of love that drives away my fears.
