Hope, Faith & Love

  It is amazing the things you learn from watching things. Recently I was watching an interview with one of my favourite actresses. she was asked about her thoughts on love and independence for females. The answer she gave was pretty deep and it sort of, got me thinking about God’s love for us. For most of us, we have an ideal thought about love in a romantic way. When we fall in love, everything in the world will be rosy and all the stars will align in perfect harmony. We forget about everything else. But the answer that she gave aligns similarly with my own thoughts – as well as being a good partner but the person should also be a good friend. They should awaken and stir you, support and help you develop and pursue one’s own work as well as caring the family. This led me to think about God’s love. People have asked me why I believe in Christianity. I tell them it is because of God's love but what does it mean? What I have learned about God’s love is this. 1.   ...

  'And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.' I Corinthians 13:13 Continuing from lessons learned from watching a Columbian drama series. One of the more interesting (and annoying) parts of the series is the mother's obsession with her ex-son-in-law, who she marries later. I know, I know, put aside all that weirdness, haha. That's why they called it "drama". What is interesting, is her blind obsession which she calls "love and faithfulness" for this guy to the point where she pushes aside her own daughters and father's well-being. The second part is her pride and how far she will push to deny that she has made a mistake. Firstly, what she termed as true love she has this guy, which she terms as "love and faithfulness". In the series, as evidence piles up against him - gambling addiction, unfaithfulness, drunkenness, abuse, and the list goes on. She continues to defend him and deny all the evidence ...

  'Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. ' 1 John 4:7-8 OK, I have to come clean. Don't judge me but I have been watching a Colombian TV series recently and talking about learning lessons from unexpected places. The whole series is about 3 brothers who went out for revenge on a family when they felt their sister was unjustly pressured to her death by the family. And as you have it with dramas, the brothers end up falling in love with the three sisters. The mother of the sisters hates the 3 brothers, calling them 'thugs', 'criminals' and other names. In turn, the mother would do almost anything to keep her daughters away from the brothers, even if it means hurting and cause harm to her own daughters. Alright! I am coming to a point with all this. One of the lessons I learned in watching this drama play out, is the love...