The Reality about Love

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The Reality about Love

(based on I Corinthians 13)

Lovea word so misused that oft times it loses its essence. It is a word that

evokes deep passion and sincerity not just in the concept between a man and a woman,

but as well as to man and the people around him. Even in the Bible, love was discussed

in detail by the great Apostle Paul, who wrote I Corinthians 13 otherwise known as the

Love Chapter of the Bible. The first three verses of the chapter evokes the reality of

having to need only love, followed by the fourth to the seventh verses which entails how

love can change everything and lastly the eighth to thirteenth verses which tells how

love is absolutely the greatest thing.

In the first three verses of the chapter, it depicts men, particularly those in Corinth

who were given the ability to speak in tongues, that is, to speak in other languages to

spread the gospel throughout the world. It was clearly stated that when a man speaks

without love he sounds like a clanging cymbalan annoying and meaningless noise.

The same can be said about using the phrase I love you commonly said by teenagers

nowadays, to the person whom they love. Yet looking on what they really feel, it is more

to be of lust rather than love which makes the powerful phrase go empty and be plain

words. Indeed, the song which says A word is just a word till you mean what you say

is true. Having known that without love, every word or action a person does is

meaningless, it is up to as integrate the real meaning of love in everything we do.

As said previously, a thing without love is meaningless, then, it is also right to say

that the only thing that can change the mentality of doing things without purpose is love.

In the following verses, love was described as humble and does not parade itself, as

rejoicing in the truth rather than that of iniquity and that love bears, believes and hopes

all things. Hearing this, one can then conclude that love has the ability and can really

change the lives of people. Reading about people who were changed simply because

an act of love was shown to them reveals how this one thing could suddenly turn the

upside-down world of many people into the world that they dreamed it would be.

Lastly, love is said to be the greatest thing of all, in Chapter 13 of I Corinthians,

the gifts that people had were merely temporal and would eventually be gone, but what

abounds beyond it is simply love. Putting it in the context of our daily living, we can

compare the gifts to the material possessions we have which may give us satisfaction or

happiness for a while, but what really gives us the real joy is to know that someone

loves us, thinks about us, and cares for us. Comparing love to the values of faith and

hope, it is clearly stated that among these three, Love is the greatest. It is so because

when one loves a person he puts his faith and hope on that person the same as we love

God and put our faith and hope in Him. Indeed, what a wonderful thing love is!


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Speak To us Love

(Based on Kahlil Gibrans The Prophet)

Many people have wondered and sought the true meaning of love in every

possible corner of the world. Yet somehow when they find love demanding them thingsin order to find its true meaning, they back off and scamper away. The same illustration

can be seen in Kahlil Gibrans The Prophetespecially on the part where Almitra asks

Love to speak to them. And as Love spoke to them, they hear what is absolutely

dangerous, ridiculous and opposite of what they thought love would be.

Speaking in behalf of our generation, it is a truth that each of us has his own

version of the thing we call Love, but somehow, the image of love being perfect and

always good is what always gets in our head. Understanding that love is also anintangible thing, we have to know that it does not always have to be the image of

perfection weve always dreamed of. In The Prophet, love beckons the people to follow

him in the ways that are hard and steep and tells them that love also demands and does

things which may hurt you. Analysing this portion of the book, we find that love brings us

to unimaginable situations which may hurt and break us, but we find the relief that if we

are able to survive such, we come out as polished and stronger individuals in the

context of the emotional aspect of love.

Going further the selection, Kahlil Gibran also tackles the idea of those who

would only want to see the beautiful side of love and enjoy its pleasure all the times. In

his description, those who would only want to see the good side of love would then tend

to laugh, but not all the real laughter and would cry but not all tears will be wept. The

same is true about people who content themselves with the mentality that love would

always be good and would not bring them to downfall; but when time comes that love

pulls them down, they break away and blame love for such. It must be instilled in each

of our mind that accompanying love is the reality that we may get hurt along the way.

Amidst the hurt and sufferings that love will bring you into, Gibran also discusses

in the latter portion of the selection how one would rejoice in the course of love. If one

would find himself hurt and wounded upon pursuing his desires, he would bleed happily

and will not regret any of it. The same is applied in situations where the only thing that

will make you truly happy is to admit your feelings toward a person with the mentality

that you accept whatever his answer may be

be it a sweet yes or a bitter no. In sodoing, you find yourself rejoicing even if there is a sense of rejection because somehow

you have freed your desires and will sleep peacefully when the night comes. In the last

sentence, To sleep with a prayer for the beloved in your heart and a song of praise

upon your lips, it is a reality that having to love someone brings your heart genuine joy.


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Implications of Reproductive Health Bill, Same Sex Marriage, Polygamy and

Monogamy to Human Sexuality

To Reproductive Health Bill

The Philippine Reproductive Health Bill has been a wild topic in the PhilippineSenate recently. Knowing that it constitutes to several legislative orders that would

protect Filipino man and woman in their reproductive years, many people have come to

misunderstand this bill. Most people would say that the bill is set to allow abortion and

artificial contraception in the country as it was what we were made to believe knowing

that the Philippines is a country wherein the Church has a say on the State. But looking

deeper on the bill, we see that it only seeks to improve human sexuality by providing

protection to people on their reproductive years. Although it is an innate instinct of man

to be sexually dynamic, it is also up to him to take control and manage his own sexuality

as it may bring him to his downfall if he is not careful enough. Personally, I see RH Bill

as a means to provide a safe haven for human sexuality, a net that serves as a catching

device for anyone who might fall out of human sexuality. Also it serves as a warning tool

that makes us realize that one must take control of sexuality if one doesnt want to get

himself involve in the tangled scheme of human errors brought about by uncontrolled

sexual desires.

To Same Sex Marriage

Biblically speaking, same sex marriage is immoral, wrong and a direct thwart to

Gods command. It can be remembered that God send sulphur and brimstone to burn

down the cities of Sodom and Gomorra as same sex relationships abounded in these

places. In the context of human sexuality, same sex marriage is a direct violation to

what the normal human sexuality should be, that is, a man is to be attracted only to a

woman and vice versa. This simply implies how man has become so evil that he

continually does what is right in his own eyes even if it already sets God ablaze. God

destined man to be the marital partner of a woman and intervening in the divine plan

would mean also intervening with the great Creator, which is more likely inviting God to

punish you.Also, what same sex marriages nature is truly deviant and absurd in what

we Filipinos came to believe and grew accustomed to. Personally, I condemn same sex

marriage as it is a direct violation of Gods laws and it is morally incorrect and filthy.


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To Polygamy and Monogamy

Polygamy, otherwise known as having multiple wives or husbands is a common

practice among our Moslem brethren. It is allowed for Moslem men to take in and marry

as many women as they like for as long as they are able to support the children with

which he bore each wife. Speaking in the context of human sexuality, we see that it is

an example of man not being contented with one partner only. Instead he tends to find

what he calls love to another person until he is able to find it. This is more likely

illustrated when a man goes in a convenience store and buys goods which would satisfy

him, once he finds something, he buys it only to realize that having one is not enough

which would then lead him to look for another one. Personally, I see it as morally wrong

because the love that a husband has for his wives would then become unequal and

would lead to unjust and biased relationships.

On the other hand, monogamy is the type of relationship which I find morally right

as it is said that what God has put together, no one can put asunder. This is true

concerning that marriage does not occur in an instant but is a gradual process in human

sexuality where one seeks to find out his partner for life. Knowing that the woman a man

has brought to the altar is the woman who he really loves and will spend the rest of his

life with is simply rejoicing. Also, monogamy accounts to my greatest favour as it is in

this type of relationship where bound remains constant only divided between the couple

and their children, unlike that of polygamy which will be divided among the wives and

the children of each wife. I might have been too blatant, but it is somehow the truth I

grew accustomed to, and I believe its my right to say so.

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