Most of us celebrate valentines' day, but
I'm not sure for those who don't have one yet.
All I am sure is
that everybody asks "who's your date?" hmmm, now I'm asking myself
too.
Shhhhh, let's go
on to my story. I know you get excited everytime you hear a love story.
Once upon a time,
in a faraway kingdom, there lived a beautiful princess but she hasn't any
prince yet. She's been waiting for almost seven years. Her father, the king
has also been checking every young men passing by so he could bring them to
her daughter, hoping to finally choose one. But the princess has no feelings
for all men that king has brought to her.
The princess again
waited for another year to come. One day, the princess and her father went out
to bask and see the beautiful morning.
There were three
young men approached the princess. The first man said, "good morning my
dear beautiful princess, I'm delighted to see you here. With
my privilege to meet you, I wonder if you can accept my love."
Then the second
man hissed, "oh princess, what a lovely day, as lovely as you are. You
have no idea how you really made may day. If you give me chance to offer my
deepest adoration in you, I will do all my best just to make you happy."
The third man then
humbly greeted the princess and the king. "good morning your highness,
good morning princess. It's my honor to see you.
The king hurriedly
asked the three young men, "what are you doing here?" " your
majesty, we're really waiting to see the princess." "Are you telling
me that you want to marry my daughter?" said the king. "Yes your
majesty." said the three. The king whispered to his daughter and said,
"so how's it my dear?"
The princess
replied, "let me handle this father."
"Both of you
are attractive, but I am only looking for one. Please introduce yourself to
us."
The first man
said, "I am prince Arthur, I live from the nearby kingdom and I've been
searching one, for several months now. I can give a best life that you want for
your daughter." (facing to the king)
The second man,
also said, I am Charlie, I own a big business. In fact, I manage my own
business too. I can also provide a very good future for your daughter."
After the second
man has talked, a moment of silence had encouraged the third man to introduce
himself.
"I am not as
wealthy as they are, but I was able to save some money just enough for us to
live a good life."
My name is Luke,
I'm just one of your employees your highness." prince Arthur and Charlie
derided Luke after knowing it he's just an ordinary worker.
The princess asked
the three of them, "if ever I'm not a princess, are you still gonna marry
me?"
Prince Charlie,
answered, of course yes! You're beautiful." "Definitely, I'm gonna
marry you my princess; you're my dream girl." said Charlie. Then Luke
answered, "I am not only going to marry you, but I will give you a life
you deserve; I will take good care of you."
If you are the
princess, who are you going to choose? is it prince Arthur, Charlie, or Luke?
Why not have a
guess, who was chosen by the princess?
To make it short,
the princess has chosen Luke. (Oh you're not surprised huh? was Luke your bet
too?)
And they lived
happily ever after. (as a fairytle always does)
My dear friends,
it says in the bible, "Love is patient,
love is kind. It is not jealous, is not pompous, it is not inflated, it is not
rude, it does not seek its own interests, it is not quick-tempered, it does not
brood over injury, it does not rejoice over wrongdoing but rejoices with the truth.
It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all
things." (1 Corinthians 13:4-8)
The princess chose Luke because, he bears all things,
believes all things, hopes all things and endures all things even if he's just
an ordinary person, and despite of the fact that he's trialed by two rich men.
Luke shows himself with lots of patience. He's a kind
person as well.
Jesus teaches us to be polite, and kind, to speak kind
words to other people and to love the way we love Him. Let's not forget
that He first loved us. "We
love because He first loved us." (1 John 4:19)
Before you celebrate the valentines' day, honor and
praise our God first, because love has started from Him. Jesus gave His whole heart to us even without asking it. His love is unconditional and everlasting.
In Christ,
Robi Marapao
