L.O.V.E or D.E.A.T.H

The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread.  ~Mother Teresa

Love is a subject that most think is talked about too often, and even as I type this I’m thinking to myself “how many times has love probably been blogged about?” I’m not going to go into an analysis of if love is an emotion as some think it is. I just want to stir thoughts on how “deep” love is perceived. Is “love” as serious as some people think it is, or as small as others think it is?

A colleague of mine recently had an in-class discussion with one of my undergrad professors on a small, yet invigorating idea about what love truly encompasses. When my professor made the exclamation that he “loves money,” my colleague simply said: “would you die for money?” My professor laughed and quickly said “no”. My colleague then said: “well if you wouldn’t die for it, then you don’t really love it.” My professor was against this particular notion until my colleague asked if my professor loved his wife, and when my professor said yes, my colleague asked the same question of if he would die for her. He said yes, and there was never really a consensus on what “love” really is.

I’m not sure if I agree with my colleague on the notion that assumed PHYSICAL death is what defines love. But I do believe when you love someone/something that SOMETHING does have to die. SACRIFICE! Regardless of what your belief system is, you should DAILY think about what love really means to you and WHY people hunger for something SO much. Can you TRULY love something/someone without something dying in the process? SELAH!

Love is not singular except in syllable.  ~Marvin Taylor

†John 15:13†

††Get Your Faith Up††

~M.A.~