THE POWER OF LOVE
The police dispatched a rescue squad but
Les, realizing he was only a few blocks away, knew that he could get
there sooner. He radioed the police to tell them that he was also on the
way. When he tried to exit the freeway, he couldn't. A large
caterpillar tractor had dug a deep trench right across the exit.
Les pulled to the side, jumped from his car
and yelled to the tractor driver, "There's a baby in trouble down the
street. I have to get there urgently!"
Immediately, the man filled in a large part
of the trench he'd spent all day digging, packed the fill down and
waved Les across. Les rushed to where the call came from. There he found
a frantic mother waiting for help to arrive. The baby she was holding
had turned purple. Les grabbed the child, put him over his knee and
carefully hit him on the back and out popped a button from his mouth.
Much to the mother's relief, the child breathed again.
On the way home the following evening Les
noticed the tractor working at the same exit so he pulled over to tell
the driver what had happened. When the man saw him, he jumped from his
tractor and this time he yelled to Les, "The baby you saved yesterday
... That was my baby! Mine! Mine!"
Here we see genuine love in action and such
love has many facets. In the powerful words of Scripture, it is
patient, thoughtful, kind and forgiving. It isn't jealous, proud,
boasting, self-seeking, rude or easily angered. Nor does it keep a
record of wrongs. "It always protects, always trusts, always hopes,
always perseveres. It never fails."1
This kind of love cares, commits,
communicates and has compassion—all of which include involvement—and
makes life worthwhile. Without this kind of love we may exist, but we
cannot live life to the full.
WAITING FOR LOVE
WAITING FOR LOVE
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