This morning I awoke thinking, what if love were a choice that we made every day and not just on Christmas?
- We choose to believe when we are afraid.
- We choose to trust when our faith drains away and only hopelessness remains.
- We choose to love when our heart fills with annoyance, anger, and hate.
- We choose to remember that the Christmas story has an ending.
Recently, I explained to my daughter that there are three Greek words for love: Éros, passion, Philia, friendship, and Agápe, sacrificial. This morning, while reading a Wikipedia commentary by Dr. Sengai Podhuvan, I discovered a fourth, Storge, “natural affection, like that felt by parents for offspring.
Although all four forms of love delight us humans, Dr. Podhuvan explains that “Before agape love there was no other word to express such great love.”
In light of this wonderful commentary, how fitting to remember that the Christmas story extends beyond a birth and ends with the greatest sacrifice known to humankind.
So in honor of Jesus, I share this poem and wish you and yours a wonderful Christmas!
JoDee Luna Art 