It’s All About Love

No, Not the Valentine’s Day Candy version!

Larry Berlin
11 min readMar 10, 2023
A smiling grandma enjoys the hugs and smiles of her young granddaughter
The Joy of Love! Photo by Ekaterina Shakharova on Unsplash

Love is the deepest and yet brightest concept in the Universe!

Most of us on Earth have heard of love, but very few of us comprehend fully just what it is or how it works. For millions it is merely a genetically framed biological impulse and a basket full of sentimental and simplistic emotional phrases. The luckier folks were born into families in which there was genuine love from, and seen between their parents. We were intended to start our lives from that kind of place.

Jesus spoke of it in this profound way, very pointedly, because of His role in our lives!

John 15:13
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

Here, it is compared to the 2 part summary of the foundational 10 commandments, which few have read in their completeness, and few truly understand where it comes from, what it means, or how it figures in our future. BTW the 10 commandments are NOT the “laws of Moses!”

Mark 12:30, 31
And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment. And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than…

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Larry Berlin

A world traveler, fascinated with the Universe, a follower of the Creator. Writing about Bible based mysteries, treasures, patterns, symbols, and prophecy.