Warmest greetings to all lovers and all those who believe in love. A lot of people believe that weekends are for lovers... I guess because they are less encumbered and have more time to spend with themselves. Love is not merely a beautiful thing... Love is a blessing; and I pray that this very blessing which is hidden in the arms of love will always speak for you and yours.
I would like to share a thought that requires a lot of attention this days. It's in my heart for a while, and I feel strongly that this is the best time to let it out. Enjoy, and do leave a comment if you feel led to. Someone might learn something new from your wise words...
To many people, marriage is the last bus stop; a sensitive stage of life that is like bondage from which you cannot be delivered: Once you are in, you are in- there is no coming out. Therefore, we decide right from a very early stage in life, that we will not venture into marriage and its commitments, until we are READY to be married. Till then, we can do just ANYTHING we like, hoping that mystic Mr. Marriage will clean up our act and make us RESPONSIBLE husbands, wives, and parents. Those already pushing ages 35-40 do not even bother about all that; they just have got to be married.
Truthfully; marriage is not the last bus stop. It is just one of the bus stops in the cycle called relationship. The flaws that challenge our marriages are actually the same flaws we had as single people in relationships. It thus means that before we begin to think about marriage, there are certain things we must seriously think about and address in the best interest of our relationships.
So, think of love as a coconut sitting on a coconut tree. It is of use to you only when it is mature and when it does, you need the right Skill and the right Equipment to climb the tree, or else you will crash-land... and when you finally bring it down and break it carelessly, you will spill and waste the juice. Meanwhile, at the time the coconut tree begins to grow it is ugly and unattractive, unlike the royal palm, but the royal palm in all its beauty and splendor is what it is-JUST A ROYAL PALM.
All that glitters is not gold. Love is not blind... People are just too hasty with their feelings.
To be continued...
Blessings and more
SHALOM
'All that glitters is not gold. Love is not blind... People are just too hasty with their feelings.' I like this saying.....blind???...well not in this generation! It was so blind that it was knocked down by a car when crossing the road!..ahahaha. Yes, we confuse lust for love sometimes, hence no feelings again after the passion is satisfied.
ReplyDeleteThank you for visiting my space :D
lol @It was so blind that it was knocked down by a car when crossing the road!..ahahaha. Thank you for stopping by. Your latest post was quite a lesson. Blessings
ReplyDeleteThis is true.Marriage i just another step in a relationship.
ReplyDeleteBros e! U dey so?! Good to see u here again. Honoured. Waiting for poetry Thursday... Blessings
Delete"Truthfully; marriage is not the last bus stop. It is just one of the bus stops in the cycle called relationship. The flaws that challenge our marriages are actually the same flaws we had as single people in relationship." I agree with these lines. Relationship issues/challenges do not magically disappear with the advent of a wedding ring. Marriage only works best when two people, who have decided to embark on the venture, have worked on themselves individually before coming together as a couple. Thanks for visiting my blog-I truly appreciate the gesture. God bless you.
ReplyDeleteThanks too for stopping by. Lifted up a finger in the air @ "Relationship issues/challenges do not magically disappear with the advent of a wedding ring."lol. I look forward to readin more great stuff from you. God bless you much more.
DeleteHi African warrior,
ReplyDeletetrue 'love' is exactly as described in 1 Corinthians ch. 13, and has to be learned by experiences. Nice simile with the coconut tree.
lol... Greetings Brenda.
DeleteI'm really glad you stopped by and I truly appreciate your comment. But may I ask, is there any such thing as true love? I think it's either love or it's not. You have lived longer and are definitely more experienced in this matter. Would truly appreciate your thoughts on this. Thanks again
Yes,
ReplyDeleteI believe absolutely there is such a thing as true love, and God has it. That is why I believe that all those qualities contained in 1 Corinthians ch.13 make it up. We may take a lifetime learning it, but however we define love without seeking how it is defined in the Bible, then it will be according to the carnal definition. God's ways are not our ways and neither are our thoughts His thoughts. I am learning how to 'love', and I have noticed that it involves long suffering. I often wonder whether I could be as long suffering with another person as God is with me. That is true love, He is not giving up on me.
It is so good to here from you ma'am... I am terribly sorry for my late response to your teaching. We have been involved with elections down here and I had the privilege of being one of the monitors. As I search through the scriptures (and I know you have gone through it many more times than I have), I only see"LOVE". I have always felt that love is ONE and there shouldn't be true or false love... If it's not love, it's not love, no? Still waiting to read your thoughts. Blessings ma'am
DeleteYes, in the scriptures there is one kind of love, in the world the term 'love you' is used flippantly.
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