Thursday 11 October 2012

What Is Love Exactly?

“Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails.” —I Corinthians 13:4-8a (NIV)

 This verse describes the characteristics of true love. These qualities can certainly be found in the person of Jesus Christ, and they can be found in all truly loving relationships. The problem with trying to “find” love in our dating lives, is that too often we don't look for these characteristics. Rather we look at physical appearance, popularity, or wealth. These are not the qualities that God looks at and neither should we.
But the LORD said to Samuel, “…The LORD does not look at the things man looks at. Man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.”
—I Samuel 16:7b (NIV)
Love is best seen as devotion and action, not an emotion. Love is not exclusively based on how we feel. Certainly our emotions are involved, but they cannot be our only criteria for love. True devotion will always lead to action—true love.
Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with ACTIONS and in truth.
      I John 3:18 (NIV)
Christ was devoted to us enough to give his own life for us (Romans 5:8), even when he didn't feel like it (Matthew 26:39).
Sex is not love! Our culture has taught us that sex and love are one in the same. This is a lie. Sex is a beautiful God-given activity that is wonderful when practiced within the boundaries of a Biblical marriage. Sex is the completion of the binding of two people within Biblical marriage; it is a God-given gift.
Because premarital sex is not love, it only leads to pain and disappointment for those who are seeking that love. The Bible says that when two people are married, they become one flesh (Ephesians 5:31). Sex is consummation of that union. When two people break off their relationship after having sex, it is like ripping apart flesh. This is why two teenagers will struggle so much and become so dependent on those they give their bodies to. In light of I Corinthians 13:4-8 (above), it is easy to see that premarital sex is not patient, it is not kind, it does not protect, it is self-seeking. It is not love!

We can only identify true love and know when we have found it, based on the Word of God. When we match our relationships up to what the Bible says that love is—and we are honestly prepared to make a life-long commitment to that person—then we can say that we are truly “in love.” The three keys to that statement are:
We have to…
  1. …look at the Word of God
  2. …be completely honest with ourselves
  3. …understand the level of commitment that comes with true love
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Wednesday 10 October 2012

Ten Etiquette for Ladies

the top etiquette for ladies are quotes to help you live a more fulfilling and worthy life, one that not only favours you but those that come in contact with you. A lady should not be selfish, she should go the extra mile for those in her life whether they repay in like or not.

The word 'love' means different things to different people and so is its application but in my own terms LOVE IS LOVING THE DESERVING AND UNDESERVING PARTNER, FRIEND, PARENT, CHILD its not conditional, if you give love expecting something in return then you are not loving right. love is not seasonal, its not only for well-wishers, its not bought with material possession, it doesn't control us we decide to love or not to love. do visit tomorrow when I'll explain better what love is and how the world has made it seem.

NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS IN LIFE BE GOOD, BEEN GOOD TO OTHERS IS THE BEST LEGACY YOU CAN LEAVE BEHIND

DON'T EVER LET NEGATIVE ANONS DISTRACT YOU FROM HOW BEAUTIFUL YOU ARE

THE QUESTION ISN'T WHO'S GOING TO LET YOU, BUT WHO'S GOING TO STOP YOU

SOMETIMES ITS BETTER TO BE KIND THAN RIGHT

HOLD ON TO THE LOVE, NEVER THE LOSS

A TRUE WOMAN IS IN HER CHARACTER NOT APPEARANCE

you can always share yours if any.

Tuesday 9 October 2012

For The Families of the 3 unfortunate boys burnt to death in Aluu

It is with a heavy heart that i write this, i am appalled and speechless. the incident happened few days ago but i just heard of it today and i can't bring myself to put up the photos of the bodies been burnt alive here i just pray their soul rest in perfect peace.
for those who do not know about the incident: a few days ago 4 students of the University of Port Harcourt, Rivers state were brutally burnt to death alive after severe beaten that left them unconscious. one was said to be still conscious when he was set ablaze and from the pictures and video taken you can see him struggle till he dies.
the shameful part of it is that unlookers, indegenes, police, chiefs sat and watch the event unfold, no one triee to stop it, instead they took photos and videos till those 4 promising children of their parents died in the most painful manner imaginable.
their reason for killing the boys was that they stole phones are laptops, its not my place to say if they did it or not but nothing, i mean nothing, absolutely nothing should make you take another life in this manner.
if you are a mother who say her son's burnt body and watched the video of his murder how would you feel?
what if he's your brother? your boyfriend? my goodness!!!
MAY THEIR SOULS REST IN PEACE AND MAY GOD GRANT THEIR FAMILIES THE STRENGTH TO LIVE THROUGH IT.