True Love and the Cross
What is the first thing that comes to mind when you think of LOVE ? A chubby baby dressed as a Greek god for Halloween? Sappy pictures of hands joined together? A red rose? A box of favorite chocolates? Let's go a bit deeper, shall we? Relationships . Cuddly feelings? Smiles? Are these really great examples (or even, for goodness' sake, realistic ) examples of true love? (By the way, I never really understood the whole last part of The Princess Bride where they rated the kisses ~ what kind of job would that be to do such a thing? It would stink.) But, it seems as if society has twisted the definition of true love. One of the definitions for "love" on dictionary.com is " a feeling of warm personal attachment or deep affection". If love becomes reduced to a happy emotion, it quickly deteriorates and loses its value. "Love is not affectionate feeling, but a s