“A new commandment I give unto you. That ye love one another;
as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
By this shall all men know that
ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.”
This scripture always reminds me of my youngest son. When he was about
five years old he came storming into my room crying, “I hate my brother!” I put
my arms around him and said, “No, you love your brother. You just hate the
things he’s doing to you.”
A short while later I heard the beginning of a lifelong
change in attitude that my young son made. From their room I could hear him
yelling angrily, “I love you but I hate what you’re doing to me!”
Throughout his life he tried to love people; to be kind; to
befriend the friendless and serve those around him. His teachers commented many
times on his loving service towards his fellow students and their teachers.
When he left on his mission this scripture was the theme for his farewell.
One day he found a tiny jewel box key and asked his
grandmother what it was the key to.
She told him it was the key to her heart and told him he
could keep it. Anytime he wanted a hug, he would go to his grandmother and say
“Tic a lock” and collect his hug. He even shared it with Joey, a little neighbor
boy who had just lost his mother. Joey would come over to play and “tic a lock”
a hug from her. As my son was leaving for the mission home I gave him a huge
hotel room key I had found to remind him to have a big heart and love the
people he served in Montana.
I knew a woman, when I was much younger, who would lie in
bed every morning until she thought of a way she could show her love to someone
that day. She started every day with a commitment to be a disciple of Christ.
For our book club ,one month while I lived in New Mexico we chose
The Five Love Languages: The Secret to Love that Lasts by Gary D. Chapman
The author says that there are five ways people accept love
and if we can tell which way they prefer we can show our love more successfully
.
Dr. Chapman guides couples
in identifying, understanding, and speaking their spouse’s primary love
language—quality time, words of affirmation, gifts, acts of service, or
physical touch. I think mine is having my feet rubbed.
What is your primary love
language?
What ways do you show your
love to those around you?
I wish the people of the
world would wake up every morning and think “How can I show my love to someone
today” Imagine how our world would change.
Have a beautiful summer.
Just don’t call me Sweetie!
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