Coliseum Posted November 4, 2019 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 14 Topic Count: 133 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 1,123 Content Per Day: 0.66 Reputation: 2,055 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/07/2019 Status: Offline Share Posted November 4, 2019 Perhaps, to me, this is one of the most beautiful poems by Robert Frost I have ever committed to memory. So short, so full, and so incredibly true: "We make ourselves a place apart Behind light words that tease and flout; But oh, the agitated heart Till someone finds us really out." About the tenth read, it hit me like a ton of bricks. All men, no matter who they are or where, good or bad, simply want to be loved! I hope that as I pray, God will give me the heart to simply love people where they are at---just like the One who died for us. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lftc Posted November 4, 2019 Group: Senior Member Followers: 3 Topic Count: 20 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 536 Content Per Day: 0.31 Reputation: 323 Days Won: 0 Joined: 08/16/2019 Status: Offline Share Posted November 4, 2019 18 minutes ago, Coliseum said: All men, no matter who they are or where, good or bad, simply want to be loved! Hence the New Commandment for the New Covenant: Love One Another. A New approach, not a patch on the old garment. We are each desparate for love. To be in a community, a family that cherishes us, that respects us when we talk, even when we say stupid things, not because we are right, but because we are loved. To be in a family that when our behavior goes awry in the heat of the moment, we are not thrown out and destroyed per the letter of the law, but loved as the true Father loves, taking the punishment himself to ensure that the Love relationship can continue. It is an outrageous model. It is the only Hope. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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