Daily Manna: Selfless Love

Saturday 14, September 2013

TEXT: SONG OF SOLOMON 6:1-13

KEY VERSE: “I am my beloved’s, and my beloved is mine: he feedeth among the lilies” (Song of Solomon 6:3).

Princess Alice of the United Kingdom expressed her self-sacrificing love for her child with her life. William Gladstone who related the touching story of her death to the House of Commons noted that doctors had warned her never to kiss her little daughter who had diphtheria, as it could endanger her life by breathing the child’s breath.

When Alice got to her child’s bed and saw her struggling to breathe, she entirely forgot herself and took the little child into her arms to keep her from choking to death. While struggling for her life, the child said: “Momma, kiss me.” Alice, without thinking of herself, tenderly kissed her daughter. Immediately, she contracted the diphtheria and a few days later, she died. The Princess, therefore, became the first child of her mother, Queen Victoria, to die. Her mother outlived her by 20 years. But her death aroused a lot of emotions, as it espoused her real love for the child, which revealed that real love forgets self; real love knows no danger and real love does not count the cost.

Alice’s self-sacrificing love clearly explained the type of love we should have for God. Our text equally epitomised this. Sometimes, some people might misconstrue our depth of love and confidence in God. They might nickname us fanatics and offer to assist us seek the right way to God, particularly in our moments of challenges. The gullible might fall victim and become misled. But we should remain passionate in our love for Christ, the Bridegroom of the Church.

God created all men, but He has sincerely born again Christians as the apple of His eyes. So, we should develop a deep love for God so that we might live a life that is well pleasing to Him.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: Many waters cannot quench love.

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