Love

Just a thought about love.

Love is not like a sparkler, kapag wala nang spark, basta-basta na lang itinatapon. Hindi 'yan fireworks na pakatapos sindihan iiwan na lang pagkatapos sumabog. It's not like it's only as good as when it lights up and then after that, no more. Mawala man ang lahat, ito'y hindi maglalaho. Love never ceases in darkness, it lights up even in the paths of shadows. Love remains and is always there until brighter tomorrow comes.

True love is this:

1 Corinthians 13:4-8

New International Version (NIV)

4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. 8 Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away.

1 Corinthians 13:4-8

English Standard Version (ESV)

4 Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant 5 or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; [a] 6 it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. 7 Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. 8 Love never ends. As for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away.

1 Corinthians 13:4-8

New King James Version (NKJV)

4 Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; 5 does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; 6 does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; 7 bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.8 Love never fails. But whether there are prophecies, they will fail; whether there are tongues, they will cease; whether there is knowledge, it will vanish away.

Three versions but it only speaks of one thing, the truth that GOD is LOVE. The best love is the love that God demonstrated and still demonstrates to us, the love that He wants to tells us that we should follow. It's just found in the bible. He demonstrated great love when he died on the cross for us.

Still today He continues to love us. There can be no greater love than what He has done for us and what He still does for us, let His LOVE be our example and guide. Above all, let us not forget that 

Blogging - I finally did it

            There are times some things just come into my mind, things that are thought provoking and worth pondering on. It makes me realize things, rationalize, and think deeper.

            The first few times, I only regard them as just simply meditating or merely realizations but eventually I learned to appreciate my thoughts more and more, then I came to think of the "what if's..." What if I put them into writing? What if I collect them and publish them somewhere or somehow? These questions crossed my mind. I have heard many times about this “blogging” thing and one time during one of my Philosophy subjects before, my teacher encouraged us to blog since it is a good practice. This idea inspired me a bit and made me to start thinking of making my own blogs through my thoughts that were left unwritten. There was even a time when I’ve thought of writing down one of my thoughts however due to lack of time and effort, it just became a part of my memory that I can’t recall anymore. Somehow in the long run, I felt sorry for those thoughts gone with the wind unrecorded.

            As Martha Graham said “There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and will be lost.”

            I'm already into writing long before but they are more of poems and essays. Now I see blogging as new and exciting way of expressing my thoughts. Through one of my major subject this semester, I was pushed not to linger only to the thought of blogging but also make it happen. I am now more driven to do blogging in a regular basis or more often than I am required to, as much as I want to because I’m interested to.