You might probably be singing along this line of the
song, “Catch Me I’m Falling For You”. Indeed, when we are in love, why is
something so wrong seems so right all along? This uniquely human experience of
loving someone and being love in return is a miracle in itself. It gives us a
glimpse of the human capacity to rise above self. Somehow, it brings the person
to a different level of seeing things.
The perspective changes so much that even the
seemingly unforgivable offenses are now justifiable and understandable. I think this is the goodness of love. It allows the person to rise above human
prejudices and look at the other as human like himself. This was the story of Isabel,
a Taiwanese that has gone viral in the Internet. Her mother sold her when she
was still 7 years old to a wealthy family who moved out to the United States.
According to CNN, she endured a
childhood of cooking, cleaning and beatings while she lived off the family's
discarded scraps. She can barely read and
was kept in squalid condition. It was only when she was in her 20’s that she
was able to escape. She wanted to be reunited with her family. “This is the Mom
who sold you, you want to find her?” asked the reporter and she answered,
“Yes.” And if found, what would you say? With tears in her eyes, she said,
“Mom, I love you so much. I just want to find you.” With the help of Taiwanese
media and government she finally found her family and was reunited with her
mother. She bore no grudges and she waited no explanation, she just wanted to
see her Mom again.
Isn’t beautiful that justice is tempered with love?
For justice without love is rude. When we are in love, we are capable of
understanding the other beyond technicalities and become open enough to
understand the motives lying behind the circumstances. The “something so wrong”
now can be look at a second time around so the seemingly right can be proven.
In short, in loving we become truly human, and in becoming truly human we
become more an image and likeness of God. A God who on the cross we can ask,
how can this be? How can something so wrong as crucifixion is so right all
along?
Teach us O Lord to love like You. Amen.
by aats
"Indeed, when we are in love, why is something so wrong seems so right all along? This uniquely human experience of loving someone and being love in return is a miracle in itself. It gives us a glimpse of the human capacity to rise above self. Somehow, it brings the person to a different level of seeing things."
ReplyDeleteI totally agree.
Keep posting for your posts are really relevant to our society today....
ReplyDeletethank you and gb always.
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