The power of love

ByHanna Shiferaw

"My wife used to tell me that hatred is a disease which in turn damages oneself. If you hate someone, you will get the pain yourself. The person you hate may not even know that you hate him\her at all." \1\

" If your response for hatred is hatred, you’re no different from your enemy. And if you think like your enemy, you are the looser. "\2\
Dr. Birhanu Negga "When Freedom Shines" \Yenetsanet Goh Sikde.\ P.27 \1\, P. 596\2\

My grandmother used to tell me this tale. Some married woman had entered in a passtionating affair with another man. The man asked her to leave her husband and marry him. She didn’t hesitate to do what he asked for. They concealed putting him \her husband\ in a situation that pushes to divorce his wife.

So, she made him mad. May be she stopped having sex with him, didn’t cook his lunch, quitted caring for him, and so on. However, it wasn’t easy for the lady to get divorced. Because he took every action against its intended purpose. He didn`t get angry when lunch is not ready, or didn`t get upset when she turned her back on him. He would rather cook lunch and hug her softly and went to sleep. At last, he won his wife back.

There isn’t a stronger tool to win a human heart than love. Love is power.

When the Bible says ....love your enemies! Matthew 5:44, it is showing the winning power of love. We usually respond evil for evil, love for love, and hatred for hatred. But that is not the way it should be. As Dr. Birhanu puts it, it is becoming in no difference from your enemy. In that case you are the looser. Loving your enemy gives you moral superiority. That is why you become the winner. The Bible also agrees,

If you love only those who love you, what good is that? Matthew 5: 46

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