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The Love Commandment

I am the eternal, your LOVE Thou shalt have no other loves before me Thou shalt not bow down to the image of another love Nor give your heart and homage to any other than me For I, your eternal LOVE, am a jealous love I am the eternal, your LOVE Thou shalt have no other loves, but ME! For I will visit with vengeance if you blaspheme my name and tarnish my image by loving one unworthy I am the eternal, your LOVE and my love for YOU, is eternal Eileen Manassian ;) Now, don't go and get yourselves all bent out of shape. This is a different take on the first two commandments. I thought I would take it to stand for Love instead. BTW....the apostle John does state, "God is LOVE." God says that He is a jealous God. Our jealousy is based on feelings of inferiority. We see what others have that is lacking in us, and we burn if we think our loved one is appreciating someone else. However, God's jealousy is based on superiority. He is the best there is, so when we give our love to another, it rouses His jealousy, for He knows we will NOT be satisfied. Isaiah 52: 2- "Why spend money on what is not bread, and your labor on what does not satisfy? Listen, listen to me, and eat what is good, and you will delight in the richest of fare." God insists that He is the best there is. Taking that concept, I turned it to be the voice of a lover speaking to her loved one for she KNOWS...that there is no other love that can match hers. Too much? You tell me!

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Date: 12/8/2014 3:00:00 PM
very powerful piece of writing excellent pen dear friend
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Date: 12/6/2014 3:13:00 PM
Well done Eileen; I admire the clever take on these two commandments. I never thought about it this way, but I do like your reasoning:) hugs // paul
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Eileen Manassian
Date: 12/7/2014 3:04:00 PM
Hope no one thinks I'm being blasphemous. ;) Hugs
Date: 12/4/2014 7:47:00 AM
Not to much, I envy your knowledge of scripture. I grew up in a home saturated in jealously and vowed to myself not to be that person. Fortunate for me God blessed me with a woman worthy of my trust in her.
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Eileen Manassian
Date: 12/4/2014 9:11:00 PM
I'm happy for you, Richard. You are a wonderful man and I'm glad that you can have the woman who will make you fulfilled and happy. I'm blessed that you are my friend. I know my scriptures pretty well. I wanted to be a pastor one day....Well, that was then...this is now. Some things, I guess, are never meant to be.
Date: 12/4/2014 3:43:00 AM
Envy my friend is the killer of love! fantastic write dear Eileen!
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Eileen Manassian
Date: 12/4/2014 9:11:00 PM
My Sweet Dr Upma...You always bring me a kind word and a happy thought. Hugs
Date: 12/3/2014 4:39:00 PM
What is love without worry? Jealousy is our worry that we are not good enough. We need to realize we are the best we can be and enjoy life as it is given to us. With much love Edith
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Richard Lamoureux
Date: 12/4/2014 7:49:00 AM
For me I worry about the ones I love, you included. I just choose to stay away from the green eyed monster.
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Eileen Manassian
Date: 12/3/2014 7:21:00 PM
Edith, I do love your posts on my work. I do love the heart that thinks these positive thoughts and hopes to uplift. God bless you for it!

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