To LOVE means
to act with the hightest good of
the OTHER PERSON in mind.

There is the love
of mothers and fathers
for their children:
this is sacrificial love.

There is the love
of brothers and sisters
for each other:
this is protective love.

There is the love of
a husband and wife
for each other:
this is sexual love,
but it is also
sacrificial and protective,
and it only functions
in an atmosphere of
total committment.

Whenever human love is perverted
and becomes selfish,
when love does not act
with the highest good of
THE OTHER
in mind,
there is brokenheartedness
and death

Then there is God's Love:
Divine Love
unconditional love
for human beings
always reaching out
to each individual person
no matter who you are
or what you've done.

His love heals the brokenhearted
and make alive again
whatever is dead.