Love bears love

By HH Pope Shenouda III

Go and plant love in the hearts of people and be assured that your love to them shall bear love to you in their hearts but your love to them has to be true. And the person you are giving love to has to feel that your love is true and coming form the depths of your heart. And it is a real and practical love. And this has to effect him even after a while. If the fruit of this love is late this could be for reasons but this should not make you give up or change your ways, for in the bible it says love never fails. 1 Cor 13:8 Love never fails.

And people eventually will realize your love even if they have to wait to make sure that your love is true, the days shall prove that to them. And then they shall meet your love with love. And they may even apologize that they have not loved you earlier. Be assured that there is no barren love, for love if it does not bear love at least it will bear shame. For people shall be ashamed of themselves for the love you have given them. And because you love without expecting a reward from people so be assured that when they realize it their shame will increase because of your continuous love that does not stop even if it is from your side only.

And we always must remember true love does not ask for a reward it is not a commercial deal a person loves because it is in his nature. The sun does not ask for a reward for the warmth and the light it gives us but it does that because it is its nature so be like that for God has taught us many lessons from nature so be loving to all even to the ones that do not love you and if you cannot love your enemy the lest you can do is not to hate him for love and hate  cannot  reside in the same heart.