By Therese Alva Hinoso
“For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.” John 3:16-17. This is one of my favorite verses in the Bible in the book of John. I feel that I am loved by the King even no one else does. Even if others do not love me for who I am, I know and I feel that I am loved by my God. Jesus loves us so much, we should love Him more than anything else, with all our hearts and with all our soul and with our entire mind, because He died to save us from our sins. We are all blessed because Jesus loves us.
According to Mr. Webster, Love is unselfish loyal and benevolent concern for the good of another as the fatherly concern of God foe humankind, brotherly concern for others. Each one of us has the ability to love and to be loved. Love is the happiest part of life, but there are 3 sides of love; The Positive Side, Negative Side and Perfect Side of love. I have a story of Positive and unending love story. I’ve watched it on MMK last January 5, 2013. It was a story of two brothers named Roque and Raul. Roque is a reserved type of guy who sought help from his younger brother Raul to win the heart of his childhood crush Merlinda.
With Raul’s persistence and unwavering support, Merlinda finally said yes to Roque. However, just as things were about to work well between Roque and Merlinda as future husband and wife, Raul started falling in love with Merlinda, he secretly court Merlinda as a result Merlinda chose to marry Raul. They had children but when Merlinda delivers her last child, she died. Roque took care of Merlinda and Raul’s children. Roque died with no wife because he truly love Merlinda so much even if his brother Raul and Merlinda betrayed him, he did not revenge, he forgives his brother. That is the true meaning of Love.
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