爱的回声
一幼童在树林中游玩,嚷道:「哈罗!」回声也嚷:「哈罗!」他问道:「你是谁?」答声:「你是谁?」他想必是另外一位小孩戏弄他,就生气的说:「你为什么不出来?」答声:「出来。」他十分着急的嚷道:「我要打你。」回声:「打你。」小孩子急忙跑回家去,告诉母亲,有人在树林戏弄他。他母亲很聪明,懂得回声之理,就对孩子说:「你要去嚷:「我爱你。」」小孩子就跑去大叫:「我爱你。回声也是「我爱你。」这是一个很好的教训。路加福音六章三十一节说:「你们愿意人怎样待你们,你们也要怎样待人。」
谁最爱母亲
四个小孩都争着对母亲说:「妈妈我爱你。」以利说:「没有人比我更爱妈妈,因为我最大,我爱妈妈最久。」安娜说:「我更爱妈妈,因为我是家中惟一的女孩。」雅各说:「妈妈,我非常喜欢你,如果有熊追赶你,我要一枪把它打死。」最后的撒母耳说:「妈妈,我爱你,但我不知道要怎样说。」说着两手弊砒母亲的颈项,亲她的嘴。接着四个孩子部和母亲亲嘴。母亲说:「很好,孩子们,我很高兴听你们说爱我。」一会儿,门铃响了,邮差送来一封信,孩子们抢着要将那信递给母亲。母亲拆开信,读完以后说:「这封信很要紧,我要立刻回信,并且今晚必须送到邮局。谁愿为我送去?」以利望望窗外,外面正在下雨,他还有五个算术题目要作。他想,这信为何不能留到明天去送呢?明天上学之时一道送去不是很方便么?雅各也望望窗外,天已黑了,又下着雨,他也不想出去。安娜想:「妈妈不会让我走的,以利和雅各不都在家里么?」母亲为好信出来,看见孩子们都在作事,独有撒母耳穿好靴子,雨衣,望着母亲。母亲把信给他,对他说:「外面下雨,又冷又黑,你不怕独自一人去么?」「妈妈,不怕,因为我爱你,」孩子回答说。你们想,谁是最爱母亲的孩子呢?耶稣说:爱我的就必遵守我的命令,我父也必爱他。
为什么要爱我
一位酒汉,常常酗酒,酩酊大醉,家庭因此逐渐穷苦,妻子忧积早死,遗下一位女孩。一天,父亲对女孩说:「美丽,你为什么要跟我在一起?女孩回答说:「因为你是我的父亲,你爱我,我也爱你。」父亲一想,自己衣衫褴褛,面孔浮肿,自言自语说:「爱我,美丽,我是一个醉汉,人人都看不起我,你为什么要爱我。」女孩天真的说:「从前母亲教我要爱你,不可离开你,因为她说,有一天你会离开酒魔,那时我会多么的快乐。」父亲一听,内心立刻溶化,以后再也不喝酒了。神的爱能够领人悔改,叫人改变。
缅拉以爱报恨
美国独立战争时,一位恶漠谋杀一位基督徒,名叫缅拉,未遂被捕,到处死刑。缅拉想起神的话说:「当爱你的仇敌。」就去求见华盛顿大将,请求赦免恶汉死罪。华盛顿不允,连说:「我不能赦免你不幸的友人的死罪。」缅拉说:「他不是我的友人,乃是谋杀我的仇敌。」华盛顿深受感动说「你为了拯救你的仇敌,竟然远道而来,因着你的爱心,我赦免了他的死罪。」于是写好特赦令,交他带去,赶赴刑场。临刑前的半小时,缅拉来到,恶汉一见,以为他来看他处死,心里憎恨。缅拉急忙走到执刑官面前,递上特赦令,执刑官郎时宣布,特赦恶汉,恶汉即刻跪倒缅拉面前,眼中流泪,感谢他的以爱报恨,救他免死。
印第安酋长爱仇敌
印第安人报仇的心最大,凡杀人者,按照俗例,必要找到仇人,杀死方休。某族酋长马斯其彼顿有一天往远方去,将其长子交托一人照顾。此人杀掉长子,又卖掉一大群马。大家以为酋长必报此仇,不料酋长一天看见仇人,上马奔驰追上,追到以后,因心伤痛,颤抖说道:「你杀死我长子,本该受死,而且你所杀的还是承继酋长之位的人,你更当被杀,但我听了很久福音,昨晚和友人在营中围炉取暖之时,又闻牧师傅道说:「神命人当爱仇敌,如你不赦免仇敌的罪,神也不赦免你的罪。」但依俗例,你不能不被杀,所以你要赶快逃走,一生不要见我。」说完非常哀伤.泪如雨下,旁观之人莫不心酸,天上的天使却在为他喜乐,因为他的赏赐是大的。
救了他人也救了自己
从前有两个旅行的人,经过一个地方,看见一个将要冻毙的人,独自僵卧地上。第一个人说:「我穿得很暖,足以抵御外面寒气,我仍要向前进行。」但是第二个说:「我不能对着这个尚有一线生气的人,不顾而去。」他就俯下身子,用力把那个人擦了又擦,最后这个可怜的人勉强张开他的眼睛,总算苏醒过来。于是他和他的恩人并肩走着他们的路,你想他俩走在路上看见了什么?他们第一看见那个自私自利的人已经冻毙道旁。这一个「良善的撒马利亚人」因为尽力拯救他人,因而保全自己的性命,在他努力工作的时候,血液开始活动,增加了他自身的热力。如果你先使人得福,自己也会得福。
如同炭火堆在头上
德国破美因省某一农夫,晚上偶进麦仓,遇一工人偷麦,就命工人将他所偷的麦背在居上,跟他走出。工人以为农夫必要罚他,那知农夫对妻子说:「我们的邻居偷窃我们作馒头的麦子,他的肚子一定饿了,请你快拿馒头,牛油,牛奶,咖啡来。」妻子拿来放在桌上,农夫就对工人说:「请坐!」农夫和他一同祷告说:「求主耶稣祝福我的客人,祝福我们,并祝福这食物,阿们。」这时偷儿心中又冷又热,因为农夫这样以善待他,使他心中非常难过,好象热炭堆在他的头上,偷儿吃完之后,农夫不但不题仓中所见的事,反而和颜愉色的对他说:「我把这袋麦子奉送给你,愿你平安回去。」农夫待人以善报恶。这是基督徒的爱!
爱人不求回报
有一篇文章的作者说:一九五一年,我在韩战中受伤,躺在斧山港的医院内疗养,有个美国士兵知道我身上不名一文,就给了我一笔钱,他非要我收下不可,我请他给我他的通讯处,以便将来还钱。他说:「不必了,以后你要像我帮你一样帮别人就好了,因为有一次我在困境中,也有人帮助我一笔钱,那人对我说,要是有一天你能帮助人摆脱困境时,便等于还我钱了。」我们真需要有这种「不求回报」式的爱――没有优越感,甘心牺牲的爱――来彼此相爱。
天然的爱和神的爱
人靠肉体出来的爱,好象用牙膏,要挤才有,挤是不自然的,而且会挤完。神给我们的爱,好象蜂房下滴的蜜,是自然流出来的,并且源源不绝。
爱里没有惧怕
不久前我到医院探望一位患肺病的弟兄,我见到一位年老的姊妹也来探望她的儿子,她一路用手帕掩住鼻子进来,因为这是个传染病房,她深怕被别的病患传染,所以用手掩鼻子,人情之常,本来无可厚非,奇怪的是当她来到她儿子病床前,她手放下了,一点不怕传染了,其实她儿子的病情比别人更重。这说明了「爱里没有惧怕」,因为是她的儿子,所以她不怕传染。
爱是一切宽容的根源
宋朝时,有两位兄弟为了遗产的争执,双双跑到知县衙门里去诉说曲直。知县是一位清官,在问明原委后,就拿出一支鞭子对那弟弟说:「你哥哥太不近人情了,他没有爱护弟弟的心,你应该替我打他。」便将鞭子递给弟弟。知县回过头来又对哥哥说:「你弟弟太不尊重你,他没有敬重兄长之心,你也应该替我惩罚他。」说着,也递给他一支鞭子。两兄弟呆呆的站着,说不出一句话。知县就催促着:「快点打!你们俩还要一面打,一面呼叫「哥哥!」「弟弟!」,如果不喊,我要治罪!」两兄弟相对呆了一阵,终于开口了:「哥哥!」「弟弟!」知县在一旁催着:「还要大声点!」「哥哥!」「弟弟!」「....」叫着叫着,两个人的眼眶红了,眼泪流了下来,最后叫声变成了哭声,他俩终于相拥大哭了起来。有了爱,重新唤醒那沉睡的爱,正是一切宽容的根源。
火焰熔化铁块
寓言一则。一次,斧头,锯子,锤子聚集在一起,商量如何对付一块铁。斧头说:「我可以解决它」,于是斧头很用力地对着铁块砍了下去,不过,砍了几下,斧头的口钝了,越砍越无能为力了。接着锯子就说:「你不行,还是我来」,于是锯子就用它的锋利锯齿,在铁块上面来回地锯。没有多久,锯齿断的断、缺的缺,也没有办法对付了。这时锤子笑着说:「我早知道你们都是无用的。且看我来显身手罢!」说着,就向铁块一锤一锤地打了下去,声音震耳欲聋。可是锤来锤去,铁块原封不动;锤子却脱柄掉了。竟想不到在旁的火焰插进来说:「我可以试试么?」大家都轻看它,用藐视的眼光看它要怎么办。火焰不声不响地盘绕着铁块,不住地烧,在它坚忍的热力之下,整个铁块渐渐的烧红了,终于熔化了。
一个刚硬如铁的心,用凶恶的话咒骂它没有用,用强硬的武力对付它也无有果效,惟有爱火能叫它熔化。经上说:「你的仇敌若饿了,就给他吃;若渴了,就给他喝;因为你这样行,就是把炭火堆在他的头上」(罗十二20)。你用爱来对待仇敌,会叫他的心被你的爱火所熔化。
浑然忘我
在佛德烈堡一场血腥的战斗中,数以百计受了伤的联军士兵躺在战场上。整夜的炮轰和第二天整天双方军队所发的炮弹在战场上空掠过,没有一个人敢冒险去救护那些受伤者。同时在这段时间,战场上传来了阵阵的痛楚呻吟声,和乞求要水喝的呼喊声,但除了炮弹掠过的呼啸声外,没有一点响应。终于有一个勇敢的南方士兵,在堡垒的后面感到他再也不能忍受这些凄惨的哀声了,他燃起了的同情心超过了他爱惜他的性命。
这勇敢的士兵跑去向他的司令官说:「将军,我不能再站在这里了,在战场那边那些可怜的伤者,整天整夜的哀求水喝,我真忍受不了,请准许我带点水给他们喝吧。」
司令官叫他弄清楚这种危险的举动,只要他一出现在战场上,就会立刻丧命。但由于他热切的请求,终于司令官允准了他对人类崇高的献身行为,不好拒绝他的请求,并提供给他需要携带的水。这勇敢的士兵跨出堡垒的墙,进行他那基督般的使命。交战双方的士兵都用惊讶的目光注视着他,他匍匐地爬近受伤的士兵,轻轻的用手扶起他的头,拿起杯子将凉水滋润他焦干的嘴唇。联军的士兵立刻就明白这个沉着的士兵向他们受伤的伙伴所作的是什么,一发子弹也没有射向他。他继续着他的工作约有一个半小时,拿水给干渴的伤者喝,歪躺着的扶帮他躺得舒服点,受伤的四肢把它们放妥当,帮他们把头枕在背囊上,将毯子和军大衣给他们盖好,像母亲对待自己的孩子那样体贴;他一直这样的作下去,待到这天使般的职责完成为止,杀伤人的槍炮一声也没有响,都沉寂下来了。
这个沉着的士兵,为了向他敌人作出一些同情的举动,而全然忘记了他自己的安危。这种崇高的自我牺牲只须作五分钟,就比那些自私自利只顾自己的人活一辈子的价值还高。这就是像基督的人生。
不要怀恨在心
托尔斯泰曾写了一篇以「天真烂漫」为题的文章,描述两个小孩在河边筑沟,因意见不合而争吵,最后双方父母竟然也加入了争执的行列。就在双方父母还在面红耳赤相持不下时,两个孩子中的一个却已向对方提议说:「别理他们大人,我们再去筑沟吧!」他们很快就和好了。不肯饶恕人是蒙福最大的阻碍。让我们向孩子们学习饶恕人的美德,不再被恨所支配与羁绊,而具有不恨人的襟怀。
基督为她所成就的
有位祖鲁族酋长的妻子参加救世军举办的聚会,听了福音很受感动而决志信耶稣。当她丈夫知道这事,就以死威胁,禁止她再前往。然而,她为了渴慕听更多耶稣的事,就冒死前往。丈夫知道此事,就在她回来的路上拦住她,狠狠地毒打她一顿,并丢下她躺在那儿等死。过了一阵子,好奇心促使他去找她。发现她不在原来的地方,而是躺在树丛底下。他以残酷的眼神恶意地睨视着她,说:「现在你的耶稣将如何帮助你。」她张开眼睛,看着他,温柔地说:「祂帮助我饶恕你!」
爱是什么
爱是经得起折磨的耐心;爱是寻求一条建设性的道路;爱是不占有。爱不急急要给人一种印象,也不自吹自擂自己的重要。
爱是待人接物总是温温和和的,并不追求一己的益处;爱是不神经过敏;爱是不累计人的坏处,也不絮絮叨叨地陈诉别人对不起我。相反地,只要真理伸张,就与正直人一同快乐。
爱是不知道容忍的限度,对人总不失掉信任,期望也不致减退;爱最耐久;事实上当一切都失败了,爱还是屹立常存。── J.B. Philips《哥林多前书》
什么是真正的爱
真正的爱,乃是爱每一个人,不管他们可不可爱;即使我被伤害,仍要去爱。有些人天生就很惹人喜爱,但有些人却不是,他们或许只有自己的母亲才会爱他们,但真正的爱,会叫我为基督的缘故去爱这些人。有些人不喜欢我,而且直言不讳,但我也要去爱他们,他们没法阻止我这样做。弟兄们!爱不纯是感受,爱是乐意的行径,就是你能够很乐意的爱人。── 陶恕《靠圣灵成事》
三种的爱
「爱」在我们中国字内就是一个,但在希腊文中是三个:(一)普通的爱(Eros):这个「爱」字是指爱物质的爱;(二)情感的爱(Philos):这个「爱」字是指人与人间的爱;(三)理智的爱(Agape):这个「爱」字是指不改变的爱。普通的爱,情感的爱,都会改变,惟有神理智的爱是永不改变的。──《五十灵筵》徐万黎
人如何才能有真爱
今天世界上缺少的,不是牛奶面包,而是爱。因着缺少爱,世界到处才充满了凶杀、淫乱、偷盗、贪心、...等等的不法现象。电灯没有电源,靠着手摇发电,可以有点微光,但不能持久。人心中若没有神的爱,靠着自己情感的爱,还可以表现一点爱心,但是也不能持久。要想你爱的生命丰盛,你必须把你爱的「插头」,接在神爱的源头上,祂会使你成为一个满有爱心的人。──《五十灵筵》徐万黎
灵命八级
「有了信心,又要加上德行;有了德行,又要加上知识;....有了....又要加上爱」(彼后一5~7)。以上是彼得所提出灵命八级的进度表。第一级是信心,最高级是爱心。── 桑安柱《这时候》
要本着爱心来责备人
传道人责备信徒的罪,有时难免疾言厉色,但你对他们的灵魂须是爱之顾之,犹如慈母之于婴儿。你手中持有刑杖吗?让他们知道这杖的击打,是爱而不是忿怒。讲道出于热心是好的,但太热是会伤人的。喂婴孩的奶是要温的,但太热了他不能吃。──《五十灵筵》赵中辉
给我们的仇敌吃
当一八五五年,纽西兰有一次战事。克满浪将军和他的兵士扎营在尔撒托河旁。这时候他们正是缺乏粮草,只好坐待他们仇敌默烈司人的攻击了。现在他们看见有几只大船沿河湾而来。上面所载的,并不是拥挤许多凶猛的勇士,却是好些有乳的山羊和蕃薯。那些默烈司人对他们说,「我们听见你们在挨饿。一本传教士所带来给我们的书上说,「你的仇敌若饿了,就给他吃!」你们是我们的仇敌,你们是饿了,我们就给你们吃的,不过是如此而已!」这些船离开他们向曼利而去,好象并未遇什么非常的事。
失恋
有一天......一个失恋的人在公园哭泣..
这时一位哲学家走来...轻声的问他说:「你怎么啦?为何哭的如此伤心?」
失恋的人回答说:「呜~~我好难过为何他要离我而去?」
不料这位哲学家却哈哈大笑.并说:「 你真笨!」
失恋的人便很生气的说:「你怎么这样.我失恋了.已经很难过.你不安慰我就算了你还骂我?」
哲学家回答他说:「傻瓜...这跟本就不用难过啊....真正该难过的是他。因为你只是失去了一个不爱你的人..而他却是失去了一个爱他的人及爱人的能力。」
仁爱的灵(提后一7):
1.爱人,安慰人,缠裹人,以恩待人,不伤害人,不嫉妒人,不践踏人,不定罪人,不幸灾乐祸。「保罗」虽被人离弃,不归罪人(提后四16);人对他狭窄,他对人仍宽宏(林后六11~12)。
2.一直想定罪人是不仁爱。「眼中刺」(太七3);「雷子」降火烧,是要灭人的命,不是要救人的命(路九54~56);「西缅、利未」趁怒杀害,任意砍断,忿恨残忍,不可有这样的灵(创四十九5~7)。
3.灵要仁爱,也要刚强;光有刚强,而不仁爱,容易伤人,定罪人、责备人,叫人望而生畏。
爱人不是盲目没有原则的
爱人不可虚假,真诚的爱是包含「恶要厌恶,善要亲近」的原则;正如神爱世人,却恨恶人的罪,我们对人也当持守此一原则。曾经有一位姊妹邀约另一位姊妹去参加通宵舞会,被婉拒后,她继而要求说:「你如果还算是我的好朋友,就打电话告诉我妈说我今晚在你家过夜。」类似这样的情形,如果是你,你会答应吗?一个好信徒爱人不可虚假,恶要厌恶,善要亲近。
爱人如己必会带来喜乐
一个真心爱人如己的人,一定乐意帮助别人,也必然从助人当中获得喜乐。曾有弟兄两人到野地散步,见路旁有农人脱下的一双鞋。弟弟说:「吃饭的时间快到了,我们把他的鞋藏起来,开开他的玩笑,看看他找鞋的窘态。」哥哥说:「不可以拿穷苦人的窘态,为自己寻开心,你要叫人开心。」弟弟说:「我怎能叫他开心呢?」哥哥说:「那很容易,你放些钱在他的鞋里,看他穿鞋的时候必是很开心!」弟弟于是每只鞋里放些钱,弟兄二人就躲在树林里看究竟。不久,农人收工了,到路旁穿上鞋子。没走一两步觉得鞋里有东西,就坐下来。脱下右脚的鞋,往外一倒,有钱出来,又倒左脚的鞋,也有钱,他站起来四周望了望,不见一人。起初是惊,其次是疑,再后笑了。两个人听见他说:「感谢主!家里正没有钱。」手拿着钱,唱诗歌回家去了,弟兄二人,你看我,我看你,会心的笑了。哥哥问弟弟说:「你今天是否作了赔本的生意?」弟弟说:「不,决不,比看一场电影更快乐多了。」你没有喜乐吗?你若肯用「爱人如己」的心去帮助别人,你会获得无穷的喜乐。
※ 有人说:「爱,是一种哑吧也能讲,聋子也能够听懂的言语。」
※ 有一传道人Booth以救济穷人的方式来传道,当受到别人的批评时,他说:「当一个人的双脚被冰冷天气冻僵时,只想用神的爱去温暖他的心是不可能的。」
※ ※ 爱人即是自爱之道,你爱人,神就爱你;你的手作在人身上,神的手也作在你身上。
Love
In a boiler room, it is impossible to look into the boiler to see how much water it contains. But running up beside it is a tiny glass tube, that serves as a gauge. As the water stands in the little tube, so it stands in the great boiler. When the tube is half full, the boiler is half full, if empty, so is the boiler. How do you know you love God? You believe you love him, but you want to know. Look at the gauge. Your love for your brother is the measure of your love for God.
Love
This was the reaction of the unbelieving Greek writer Lucian (A.D. 120~200) upon observing the warm fellowship of Christians:
It is incredible to see the fervor with which the people of that religion help each other in their wants. They spare nothing. Their first legislator (Jesus) has put it into their heads that they are brethren.
Love
"It is our care for the helpless, our practice of lovingkindness, that brands us in the eyes of many of our opponents. 'Look!' they say. 'How they love one another! Look how they are prepared to die for one another.'" -Tertullian
What is Love?
It's silence when your words would hurt.
It's patience when your neighbor's curt.
It's deafness when the scandal flows.
It's thoughtfulness for another's woes.
It's promptness when stern duty calls.
It's courage when misfortune falls.
Love, Example of
Once on a railway train an elderly man accidentally broke a minor regulation and was unmercifully bawled out by a young train employee. Later a fellow passenger nudged the old gentleman and suggested he give the employee a piece of his mind.. But the old man just smiled. "Oh," he said, "if a man like that can stand himself for all of his life, I surely can stand him for five minutes."
Love, Example of
A thirty-six-year-old mother was discovered to be in the advanced stages of terminal cancer. One doctor advised her to spend her remaining days enjoying herself on a beach in Acapulco. A second physician offered her the hope of living two to four years with the grueling side effects of chemotherapy and radiation treatment. She penned these words to her three small children:
I've chosen to try to survive for you. This has some horrible costs, including pain, loss of my good humor, and moods I won't be able to control. But I must try this, if only on the outside chance that I might live one minute longer. And that minute could be the one you might need me when no one else will do. For this I intend to struggle, tooth and nail, so help me God." -Cited in Focus on The Family
Love, Example of
A young lady walked into a fabric shop, went to the counter, and asked the owner for some noisy, rustling, white material. The owner found two such bolts of fabric but was rather puzzled at the young lady's motives. Why would anyone want several yards of noisy material? Finally the owner's curiosity got the best of him and he asked the young lady why she particularly wanted noisy cloth.
She answered: "you see, I am making a wedding gown, and my fiancé is blind. When I walk down the aisle, I want him to know when I've arrived at the altar, so he won't be embarrassed."
Such love the young woman had for her man!
Love, Example of
One night a two-month-old baby kept his mother and father awake with his fussing and crying. The father was at wit's end and had lost all patience. The mother, though, in her deep maternal love, picked up her son and, cuddling him, said, "That's all right. I'm sorry you don't feel better!" What an object lesson in self-giving love.
Love, Example of
After the U.S.S. Pueblo was captured by the North Koreans, the eighty-two surviving crew members were thrown into a brutal captivity. In one particular instance thirteen of the men were required to sit in a rigid manner around a table for hours. After several hours the door was violently flung open and a North Korean guard brutally beat the man in the first chair with the butt of his rifle. The next day, as each man sat at his assigned place, again the door was thrown open and the man in the first chair was brutally beaten. On the third day it happened again to the same man. Knowing the man could not survive, another young sailor took his place. When the door was flung open the guard automatically beat the new victim senseless. For weeks, each day a new man stepped forward to sit in that horrible chair, knowing fullo well what would happen. At last the guards gave up in exasperation. They were unable to beat that kind of sacrificial love.
Love, Example of
During the season of Super Bowl I, the great quarterback Bart Starr had a little incentive scheme going with his oldest son. For every perfect paper Bart Junior brought home from school, Starr gave him ten cents. After a particularly rough game against St. Louis, in which Starr felt he had performed poorly, he returned home weary and battered, late at night after a long plane ride. But he couldn't help feeling better when he reached his bedroom. There attached to his pillow was a note: "Dear Dad, I thought you played a great game. Love, Bart." Taped to the note were two dimes.
Love, Mature/Immature
Infantile love follows the principle:
"I love because I am loved."
Mature love follows the principle:
"I am loved because I love."
Immature love says:
"I love you because I need you."
Mature love says:
"I need you because I love you." -Erich Fromm
Love, Power of
A man who had been the superintendent of a city rescue mission for forty years was asked why he had spent his life working with dirty, unkempt, profane, drunken derelicts. He said, "All I'm doing is giving back to others a little of the love God has shown to me."
As a young man, he himself had been a drunkard who went into a mission for a bowl of chili. There he heard the preacher say that Christ could save sinners, and he stumbled forward to accept the Lord Jesus as his Savior. Though his brain was addled by drink, he felt a weight lifted from his shoulders, and that day he became a changed person. A little later, seeking God's will for his life, he felt the Lord calling him to go back to the gutter and reach the people still wallowing there. The power of redeeming love enabled him to carry on his ministry for forty years.
Love, Power of
He drew a circle that shut me out-
Heretic, rebel, a thing to flout.
But Love and I had the wit to win:
We drew a circle that took him in. -Edwin Markham
Love, Romantic
Falling in love at first sight is rather like falling down a hole-sudden, intense-often with an unsatisfactory outcome.
Love, Romantic
I climbed up the door,
And I shut the stairs.
I said my shoes,
And took off my prayers.
I shut off my bed,
And I climbed into the light,
And all becase he kissed me goodnight!-Faith A. Mills