「愛」---我們認為是一種非理性的感情。
許多時候，我們有所偏好(PREFERENCE)。
對於某人某事某物，有一種偏好。
以為這偏好便是愛了。
然而盡心竭力的去愛，又包含了理性與意志的意願。
若按我們的意願去做一些事，反觀会失去愛。
按個人意願，人會愛人如己嗎？
恐怕做不到「愛人如己」，便說愛上帝先，又或改口說〝愛鄰舍〞啦；當鄰舍並不可愛，心裏的意願便由意志去驅使。
理性便超越於感性了。
那么我們所理解的「愛」，不是出於我們，乃是基督在我裏面了。
因為基督的愛激勵我們，便要以感情及意志去愛一些不可愛的鄰舍，是愛人如基督，漸漸發覺不可愛的鄰舍可愛，感性又與理性同步。
(返璞歸真MERE CHRISTIANITY, 魯益士 C. S. LEWIS -選讀CHAPTER 9 愛)
What a "Perfect Love" relationship means in us ?
回覆刪除Love is kind
Love is not mean-spirited. It seeks to help others and to make them feel better.
Love doesn't think evil about others.
Instead, it tries to find the best in each person.
Love bears, believes and endures.
Love bears anything, believes (because of hope) that things will improve and endures everything because of that same hope for improvement.
Love accepts that suffering exists.
Though suffering does, and will, exist, love doesn't focus on how much suffering takes place. It accepts the good with the bad.
Love is thankful
It doesn't wish to have what someone else has; love is content with what the beloved has.
Love doesn't boast or brag about itself.
It knows the truth and that's all that really matters.
Love doesn't behave improperly.
It never seeks to better itself. Love knows it is best.
Love isn't provoked to anger easily.
Love doesn't lash out in anger at loved ones; love prefers to resolve situations in a peaceful manner.
Love walks away from sin
It rejoices only in being true.
Love doesn't fail
When life is wonderful, love is there. When life is filled with heartache and pain, love continues to manifest itself. When physical life is approaching an end, love continues to blossom in the person's soul and travels with them to the grave. It never leaves; it never fails.
When I try to find an image to show our perfect love and illustrate our limited words of perfect love, I find nothing. Most of images relates to kiss, hug, heart, flower and wine. Does perfect love show clearly and certainly and last on warm lips, around arms, giving flowers, tasting wines and symbolic hearts? One thing we are sure, “perfect love cannot be seen and it comes only in heart and dwells in heart.” Perfect love cannot be captured merely by our physical eyes. We experience and feel the love through the action flowed from true love in perfect love, not just words or mouth only.
羅 馬 書 Romans
5:6 For when we were still without strength, at the right time Christ gave his life for evil-doers.
5:7 Now it is hard for anyone to give his life even for an upright man, though it might be that for a good man someone would give his life.
5:8 But God has made clear his love to us, in that, when we were still sinners, Christ gave his life for us.
5:6 因 我 們 還 軟 弱 的 時 候 、 基 督 就 按 所 定 的 日 期 為 罪 人 死 。
5:7 為 義 人 死 、 是 少 有 的 、 為 仁 人 死 、 或 者 有 敢 作 的 。
5:8 惟 有 基 督 在 我 們 還 作 罪 人 的 時 候 為 我 們 死 、 神 的 愛 就 在 此 向 我 們 顯 明 了 。
No matter how our life goes, we believe perfect love exists and is there waiting for us to explore and go through it all. Where we can meet the perfect love?
God tells us, “Perfect love only comes from God as God is full love forever...”
Peter
如果你被人忘記、疏忽、冷落了，請忘記自己以微笑回應，因基督得勝了。
回覆刪除林前13.4-5
13:4 爱是恒久忍耐，又有恩慈；爱是不嫉妒，爱是不自夸，不张狂，
13:5 不做害羞的事，不求自己的益处，不轻易发怒，不计算人的恶，