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Yr2 | Ep11

Begging for love: the human experience.

Don't even think this isn't about you, and me!

For it is, and it always will be.

We need this condition showered upon us and often never know its blessing.

Instead we are required to seek it at a some inflated price, that never meets our expectations.

Here's a question.

Where does love come from?

In this human experience people hunt for it everywhere.

No limits are known or expense spared in the finding and getting of this love.

What's the big deal with Love?

Around the world they celebrate love with a special day all to itself.

Calling it Valentines day.

Heart shaped images abound and little winged babies fly with arrows to shoot at people.

Twitter-patting them with the love condition.

Not really, but it sells cards, candy and sentiment.

Yet people beg for this love!

Why?

What makes it so scarce to some people.

Even popular music was awash in it at one time during my younger days.

A band called the Beatles sang about it regularly.

In fact it was the pattern they set for the rest of the bands to follow.

But I digress.

What is this condition called love?

Does it have an origin?

And if it does how do we go about getting more of it in our lives and into the world at large?

Lets begin then..

We could go searching the poets, writers and sages for answers.

Yet all we would receive is the expression of this love.

We could but we won't because there is a sure place to start and end our search.

In The Unknown Book the first time the word love shows up:

It's dealing with a potential death of a young man called Isaac (Laughter!)

His father Abraham is being tested by God, He does seem to do a lot of that, to see if Abraham will trust him.

Thankfully Abraham who loves his son, does and it all works out so well.

In The Unknown Book the last time the word love shows up it again has death in its midst.

Isn't that strange?

This time people who love and make lies are being allowed to perish by attrition for their actions.

They are said to be sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers and idolators.

Not a very welcoming bunch in the love department.

Well that interests me as an introduction.

So let's go deeper...

The Unknown Book reveals the scope of this love we crave and the actions we take to secure it.

It also reveals the Creator as principle in the Love dance far past that of the creation.

That's what's so fascinating about The Unknown Book, people pass it looking for what it can provide.

Love, unending, fulfilling, complete love.

Let's take a closer look eh?

The word Love is used in The Unknown Book 442 times.

That doesn't count the derivatives of the word like loved, loves, loveth etc...

It is a big word with a big broad expansive use in The Unknown Book.

Both good and bad use of the word are used.

More on that in moment.

In the Gospel of John

Just the word Love is used 39 times

Read:

The Gospel of John

Chapter 3 verse 16

"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life."

And I shall also add, everlasting love!

So God loves us and if you listened to last weeks podcast you will see that God went to great lengths to...