Reflections:Do You Know What Love Look Like?

                                     

What does love look like? It has hands to help others. It has feet to go to the poor and needy. It has eyes to see misery and sadness. It has ears to hear the sighs and sorrows of mankind. That is what love looks like.

A smile of encouragement at the right moment may act like sunlight on a closed flower—it may be the turning point for a struggling life.

About 200 years ago a well-known encyclopedia defined the word “atom” with the use of only four lines. But five pages were devoted to a definition of “love.” In a recent edition of the same encyclopedia, five pages were given to the word “atom”; “love”    was omitted. What a sad commentary on modern values.

Stephen Grellet was French-born, but lived in the U.S. until he passed away in 1855. Grellet would be unknown to the world today except for a short prayer that lives on. The familiar lines, which have served as an inspiration to so many, are these: “I shall pass through this world but once. Any good that I can do, or any kindness that I can show to any human being, let me do it now and not delay it. For I shall not pass this way again.”

Even the little things you do can mean a lot: A little bit of love goes such a long way. The light of your smile, the kindness of your face, the influence of your life, can shed light on many, and have an amazing effect on some people you think might be the least likely to be impressed. When people feel you care and you tell them it’s because of God’s love, they kind of feel like, “Maybe somebody up there does love me!” It changes their whole outlook and gives them a real uplook.