Atheists often put all their stock in earthly love and are very healthy, they do very well, they are kind and wonderful people. They can be honest, respecting their partner and appreciate the beauty of the world. They frequently give to charity and are great to be around. These people are content with the love in their lives, it is enough for them and that's great. Not everyone is so lucky though...
For some people the love of Christ or other form of spiritual love is the strongest they'll ever get. They have been abandoned, abused, neglected. They learn that trust leads to pain and earthly love is the worst source of pain. So how can they tap into the kind of love that keeps the atheist so happy? They need people with enough love and patience to reach them and often those people will be from a religious group or mental health professionals. They may be addicts, homeless, scarred inside and out. Their faith is the last thing between them and deciding not to live at all... so can we stop attacking each other's sources of love?
I believe the luckiest people of all have both, but not in the weak way advertisers push. They love their partners like lions and embrace their spirituality with passion. Don't let a mortal love stop you seeking divine love and don't be so satisfied with divine love that you neglect mortal love. For in truth, all love is immortal, it stretches, it bends, but it never ends. It does not obey mathematics for when it divides it multiplies. The wise person seeks all kinds of love - the Godly kind, a true lover and true friends/siblings. Why say stop? Why not let more in?
For some people the love of Christ or other form of spiritual love is the strongest they'll ever get. They have been abandoned, abused, neglected. They learn that trust leads to pain and earthly love is the worst source of pain. So how can they tap into the kind of love that keeps the atheist so happy? They need people with enough love and patience to reach them and often those people will be from a religious group or mental health professionals. They may be addicts, homeless, scarred inside and out. Their faith is the last thing between them and deciding not to live at all... so can we stop attacking each other's sources of love?
I believe the luckiest people of all have both, but not in the weak way advertisers push. They love their partners like lions and embrace their spirituality with passion. Don't let a mortal love stop you seeking divine love and don't be so satisfied with divine love that you neglect mortal love. For in truth, all love is immortal, it stretches, it bends, but it never ends. It does not obey mathematics for when it divides it multiplies. The wise person seeks all kinds of love - the Godly kind, a true lover and true friends/siblings. Why say stop? Why not let more in?