Just a few moments ago, a brilliant revelation unveiled itself to me. I was strolling to the Library in between classes, and happened to notice a certain bag. A young girl was toting this messenger bag, with the word "Love" on it. The word was written not horizontally, as most words are, but a combination of up/down and left/right.
L E
O V
The serendipitous arrangement of the letters prompted me to re-evaluate the word, and I came to a stunning conclusion. Ask yourself, what is the opposite of Love? Well you might say "Hate". My reaction was the latter as well. There are few similarities between the 2 words, other than they both consist of 4 letters.
Let's get dyslexic though. "Love" backwards is "Evol". You are probably questioning my sanity at this point, but bear with me. Sure "evol" is not a word, but do sound it out in your head. It sounds remarkably like "evil".
Perhaps man turns evil in the absence of Love. With out people to love, or without someone to show affection for, we [may] eventually face a digression to evil.
This affirmation is reminiscent of the classic argument between young Einstein and his professor:
"Evil does not exist, or at least it does not exist unto itself. Evil is simply the absence of God. It is just like darkness and cold, a word that man has created to describe the absence of God. God did not create evil. Evil is the result of what happens when man does not have God's love present in his heart. It's like the cold that comes when there is no heat or the darkness that comes when there is no light."
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I read a book a few weeks ago for school about King Leopold. He was the King of Belgium many years ago, and was the ruler of the Congo in Africa. He was responsible for millions of deaths, slavery, and oppression. His childhood was one full of neglect. His parents were king/queen, and never paid attention to him, so he was lonely. He ended up becoming a miserable person, with an unquenchable thirst for money, power, and stuff. One could say that he became the way he was because he was never loved, or never loved anybody.
Another example is Hitler. The dude was equally miserable, and murdered millions of people.
I must be dyslexic bc I immediately made the “evol” connection when you wrote the letters like that. :P I like the thoughts you posted here. Whether they mean it to or not, people show whether they feel loved or not; they show their hunger for the ultimate Love of God. It really saddens me when I see people try to quench those hunger pangs with other things(oh hey, like ummm….sin/things that draw our hearts AWAY from God), as could have been the case with the two people you listed.
ReplyDeletelol I'm glad others see these things too.
ReplyDeleteYa there are so many ways for people to fill the gap they have in their life. But all routes besides a loving marriage or a true relationship with god is the only thing that can fill the void. Everything else is filling a bucket that has a hole in the bottom.