Love Is....

A friend posted this on Facebook.

"The truth is that the more intimately you know someone, the more clearly you’ll see their flaws. That’s just the way it is. This is why marriages fail, why children are abandoned, why friendships don’t last. You might think you love someone until you see the way they act when they’re out of money or under pressure or hungry, for goodness’ sake."

This is important.

"Love is something different. Love is choosing to serve someone and be with someone in spite of their filthy heart. Love is patient and kind, love is deliberate. Love is hard. Love is pain and sacrifice, it’s seeing the darkness in another person and defying the impulse to jump ship."
– The Great Kamryn

“Are you listening to me? Really listening?”: Reading Log #3

[This paper was written for the Synoptic Gospels class at Capital University, where I am seeking a minor degree in religion.]
Jesse Harmon

RELIG 330

November 11, 2013

“Are You Listening To Me?  Really Listening?” Reading Log #3

            As promised in my last reading log, I was going to do this one by starting off by reading the Gospel of Luke.  I realized that as I read through the three gospels, I tended to write down more about what caught my eye when I first started reading the gospels, then when I finished reading them.  I wrote more about Matthew and Mark than I did about Luke.  So this time, I started with Luke.  My theory was proven again.  I wrote a lot about Luke and Matthew, but the page I reserved for writing notes about Mark is barren.