File: /pub/resources/text/Our.Daily.Bread: db940214.txt ------------------------------------------------------- OUR DAILY BREAD Monday, February 14,1994 --------------- READ: 1 Corinthians 13 THE CRY FOR LOVE Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God. - 1 John 4:7 A father sat at his desk poring over his monthly bills when his young son rushed in and announced, "Dad, because this is your birthday and you're 55 years old, I'm going to give you 55 kisses, one for each year!" When the boy started making good on his word, the father exclaimed, "Oh, Andrew, don't do it now; I'm too busy!" The youngster immediately fell silent as tears welled up in his big blue eyes. Apologetically the father said, "You can finish later." The boy said nothing but quietly walked away, disappointment written all over his face. That evening the father said, "Come and finish the kisses now, Andrew." But the boy didn't respond. A short time after this incident the boy drowned. His heartbroken father wrote, "If only I could tell him how much I regret my thoughtless words, and could be assured that he knows how much my heart is aching." Love is a two-way street. Any loving act must be warmly accepted or it will be taken as rejection and can leave a scar. If we are too busy to give and receive love, we are too busy. Nothing is more important than responding with love to the cry for love from those who are near and precious to us. Author: Henry G. Bosch Lord, teach us the secret of loving, The love You are asking today; Then help us to love one another - For this we most earnestly pray. - Anon. THOUGHT FOR THE DAY ------------------- Nothing is more costly than loving - except not loving. The Bible in One Year: Leviticus 17-19 --------------------------------------------------------------------------Our Daily Bread, Copyright 1994, used by permission of Radio Bible Class, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49555, USA. Written permission must be obtained from RBC for any further posting or distribution. RBC provides a variety of Bible resources, which are free of charge. RBC is not funded by any group or denomination, and support comes voluntarily from its Members and friends. Write for more information, or call 1-800-598-7221 --------------------------------------------------------------------------