LOVE AND LOVE Reflections

God had a concern for mutual human support and companionship. The first negative assessment by God of an otherwise excellent and perfect creation (Genesis 1:31) was aloneness as indicated in His statement “It is not good for the man to be alone… (Gen. 2:18). Aristotle said, “Human beings are social creatures.” In his Meditation XVII, John Donne said “No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main.” Opanin Kwadwo Kyere, a seasoned marriage counselor, in one of his speeches, “ Living with People” said, “Everybody needs somebody, somewhere, somehow, sometime.” As humans, a greater percentage of our happiness in life is going to come from our relationships with other people. How well you get along with people, and they with you, largely determines the quality of everything that happens to you. Someone said, “You can’t live any better than you can love and be loved.” We need each other. As the baby cries to the mother to be fe...

A story in Genesis 4 tells of two brothers who lived near each other and worked so hard at their respective jobs. Both of them worshipped God and occasionally sacrificed unto him. At harvest time, both brothers planned to make their sacrifices to God. Abel, t he younger brother, who was a shepherd, brought several choice lamps from the best of his flock, while Cain, the elder brother, a farmer brought to the LORD a gift of his farm produce. God accepted Abel and his offering, but he was not pleased with Cain and his sacrifice. Cain, when this happened did not praise his brother for his faithfulness and learn from him. Instead, he became very angry and dejected and envious at his brother’s favour in the sight of God to the extent that he lured Abel into the fields and while they were there, Cain attacked his brother and killed him. Envy and jealousy has led to killing.   Jealousy or envy is feeling bitter, unhappy, discontent or resentful because of another`s success, g...