Love is motivating.
Precisely how motivating is moot. One can look to the renaissance but not at mere sculptures or art works. Love motivated the renaissance. Love motivated the renaissance.
It began when a young monk, Petrarch, saw a beautiful, virtuous, woman and he realised he loved her. She was never his lustful love object. She was beyond him. She was married. She was kind and gentle. He would be the first to climb a mountain for fun. He would write poetry. And, from his love, the dark ages would end and all would change.
From love.
The world changed from love.
In the story of Cyrano De Bergerac, Cyrano keeps his love for Roxanne to himself. Roxanne sends a message they should meet, discretely. Cyrano is motivated. He is awake all night, winning a hundred duels against bad men. He is wounded when he meets Roxanne and she tends his wound, and tells of her love. Cyrano hopes it is love for him, but discovers it is not. Roxanne commends him on his taciturn behaviour regarding his wound. He says to her he had been braver since.
Love is motivating.
God loves you, and has loved you.
When you rejected God, that is sin. It hurts God. Because He loves you. That is why He gave His Son for you. God loves you so much, He does not want distance from you. God created a way he could abide you, even though you keep rejecting Him. You see, when you faced your battles and trials, and stood victorious even as you were hurt and felt humiliated, God had been braver, and gave you a bridge to come to be with Him.
We call Him God the Father. As the good father, he gives us his best. He is worthy of our love and praise.
Happy Father's Day
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David Daniel Ball calls himself the Conservative Voice.
I'm a teacher with three decades experience teaching math to high school kids.I also work with first graders and kids in between first grade and high school. I know the legends of why Hypatia's dad is remembered through his contribution to Math theory. And I know the legend of why followers of Godel had thought he had disproved God's existence.
I'm not a preacher, but I am a Christian who has written over 28 books all of which include some reference to my faith. Twelve blog books on world history and current affairs, detailing world events , births and marriages on each day of the year, organised by month. Twelve books on the background to and history of Bible Quotes. One Bible quote per day for a year. An intro to a science fiction series I'm planning, post apocalyptic cyber punk. An autobiography with short story collections.
I'm known in Australia for my failure as a whistleblower over the negligence death of a school boy. ...
