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Love - The Most
Important Word
Love is the most important
word in the English language - and the most confusing. Both secular and
religious thinkers agree that love plays a central role in life. We are
told that "love is a many-splendored thing" and that "love
makes the world go round." Thousands of books, songs, magazines, and
movies are peppered with the word "love". The apostle Paul said
that in the last scene of the human drama, only three characters will
remain: "faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is
love."
Yet, love is a most confusing word. We use
it in a thousand ways. We say, "I love hot dogs," and in the
next breath, "I love my mother." We speak of loving activities:
swimming, skiing, golfing. We love objects: food, cars and houses. We love
animals. We love nature. We love people. We may even love God.
Our purpose this week is not to eliminate
all the confusion, but rather to focus on the kind of love that is
essential to our emotional health. The need to feel loved.
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