LOVE MATTERS

Hi everyone! Love they say makes the world go round and how true it is. The recent xenophobic attacks in South Africa, has bothered me a lot. It brought to remembrance the genocide that happened in Germany targeted at the Jews and in Rwanda amongst others. I remember telling my husband that the bible told us that in the last days there will be wars and rumors of wars, and that the end time was here. I remember thinking there was something I was forgetting. Then it hit me, he spoke of rumors of wars in the scripture as the love of many waxing cold. Wow! As essential as air is to life, so is love to living. Coexisting and cohabiting cannot be done without love. A lack of love is responsible for wars, brutality, abuse and all inhumane things you can ever think of. Most serial killers were discovered to have had loveless and traumatic childhoods. Does this tell us something? We need a change in our country and environment but the change will not happen when we talk about it alone. Change can only occur when you and I do the little we can in our sphere of influence. The future is dependent on the success of the family. As a mum, do you show your children love and instil love for others in them, or do you instigate them against their father and your neighbors? Do you take out the time to do random acts of kindness just for the sake of doing it or do you avoid the person that needs your help like a plague? Remember, the foundation of our faith is love and we must be the embodiment of love that our father is. Find a way no matter how small it is to show love to your fellow human being and who knows, you might be contributing to a more peaceful new century...if Jesus tarries. Stay blessed. Banke