Mark's Views, Perhaps — from behind my eyeballs
Love puts its object first.
When you tell him, “I love you,” you’re saying you put him first.
When you declare your love for them, you’re committing yourself to keep putting them ahead of yourself.
Love puts aside selfish self-interests and self-centered self-absorption in order to do what is best for another.
Love puts a premium on the good of another…and without complaint or self-pity pays that premium.
Love puts its best into benefiting the other. Read it all
If you start feeling like I’m conditioning our friendship on your 100% compliance with my wishes, please let me know.
In fact, let me know if such conditioning reaches even 20%.
I don’t want to be that kind of friend. Read it all
August 6, 1945 — I’m surprised at how little I saw it mentioned today. Twice, as I recall. Do you remember its significance in history? If not, I don’t suppose Little Boy constitutes much of a hint.
Here are two excerpts from the first mention I saw:
There he met a Lutheran minister, Yamauchi, who explained the Scripture to him.
Across the ocean, a Lutheran chaplain prayed over the crew of the Enola Gay before it lifted into the air carrying the atomic bomb named Little Boy which destroyed Hiroshima.
Maybe I mean noodle-spined. Or pansy-hearted. Or gutless.
On the other hand, perhaps all those adjectives are ill-fitted to the term Christian.
Whatever the case, I call to your attention the matter of risk-taking disciples of Jesus: Read it all
Ruby (she’s my wife!) wanted to make a gift for the bride-to-be.
Oh, she could have bought something much more easily.
And saved herself many hours of work.
(I hope that doesn’t understate how much time she put into this project.) Read it all