Article July 7, 1951 Issue

LET US LOVE!

[Original article in German]

MARTHA HEIDRICH

What a wonderful word love is! Yet how different are our concepts of love. The materialist may think of love as an emotion between the sexes, making one either happy or unhappy according to whether or not it is reciprocated. Actually this love is not love at all, but merely a false belief, hence a complete reversal of true love.

Love is not a material sensation, but a spiritual quality of man in God's likeness. This love is an expression of God, who is Love. Yes, God is Love; and since man is God's idea, he is endowed with love. God's love is reflected in him; in fact, he is the very image and likeness of divine Love.

In contrast to the false sense of love, true love is selfless. It does not think of being loved; its desire is to love. As the sun sends forth its rays and shines upon each one who comes within its reach, warming him whether he deserves it or not, so Love shines impartially on all; as our Master, Christ Jesus, said, speaking of the Father (Matt. 5:45), "He maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust." Thus one who is Godlike expresses love whether it is reciprocated and appreciated or not.

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