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Happy Valentine's Day. "Prompt (Happy Valentine's Day!) Matthew 23:37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not. This scripture is a cry from Christ's heart after scolding the scribes and Pharisees for being hypocrites. What can we learn about our relationship as children of God from this verse?" The primary thing that we can learn is love. Love has become twisted and distorted in human terms. We take love to be what others do for us. Love is what we do for others. It is doing right by them no matter how they treat us. It is forgiving and forgetting every wrong as if it never happened. It is going the extra mile. Since it is Valentine's Day we decided to look for some romance poems. What can be more romantic than poetry? Adherennium - Maybe Writing? writes
about an hourglass. What do you think an hourglass has to do with romance?" An hourglass actually has a lot to do with romance. Even if a romance lasts a lifetime in human terms it is limited. So like the sands through the hourglass so is romance. |