{"id":3908,"date":"2023-03-13T17:11:26","date_gmt":"2023-03-13T22:11:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tjc-chicago.org\/?page_id=3908"},"modified":"2023-03-28T01:37:22","modified_gmt":"2023-03-28T06:37:22","slug":"love","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tjc-chicago.org\/zh_cn\/2023-spring-essc-peacelove-3\/love\/","title":{"rendered":"\u7231"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3908\" class=\"elementor elementor-3908\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9092af8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9092af8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3f5f3eb\" data-id=\"3f5f3eb\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a9ba83d elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode\" data-id=\"a9ba83d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shortcode\"><div class=\"trp_language_switcher_shortcode\">\n<div class=\"trp-language-switcher trp-language-switcher-container\" data-no-translation >\n    <div class=\"trp-ls-shortcode-current-language\">\n        <a href=\"#\" class=\"trp-ls-shortcode-disabled-language trp-ls-disabled-language\" title=\"\u7b80\u4f53\u4e2d\u6587\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault()\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"trp-flag-image\" src=\"\/wp-content\/plugins\/translatepress-multilingual\/assets\/images\/flags\/zh_CN.png\" width=\"18\" height=\"12\" alt=\"zh_CN\" title=\"\u7b80\u4f53\u4e2d\u6587\"> \u7b80\u4f53\u4e2d\u6587\t\t<\/a>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"trp-ls-shortcode-language\">\n                <a href=\"#\" class=\"trp-ls-shortcode-disabled-language trp-ls-disabled-language\"  title=\"\u7b80\u4f53\u4e2d\u6587\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault()\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"trp-flag-image\" src=\"\/wp-content\/plugins\/translatepress-multilingual\/assets\/images\/flags\/zh_CN.png\" width=\"18\" height=\"12\" alt=\"zh_CN\" title=\"\u7b80\u4f53\u4e2d\u6587\"> \u7b80\u4f53\u4e2d\u6587\t\t<\/a>\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/tjc-chicago.org\/zh_cn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3908#TRPLINKPROCESSED\" title=\"English\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"trp-flag-image\" src=\"\/wp-content\/plugins\/translatepress-multilingual\/assets\/images\/flags\/en_US.png\" width=\"18\" height=\"12\" alt=\"en_US\" title=\"English\"> English        <\/a>\n\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/tjc-chicago.org\/zh_cn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3908#TRPLINKPROCESSED\" title=\"\u7e41\u9ad4\u4e2d\u6587\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"trp-flag-image\" src=\"\/wp-content\/plugins\/translatepress-multilingual\/assets\/images\/flags\/zh_TW.png\" width=\"18\" height=\"12\" alt=\"zh_TW\" title=\"\u7e41\u9ad4\u4e2d\u6587\"> \u7e41\u9ad4\u4e2d\u6587        <\/a>\n\n        <\/div>\n    <script type=\"application\/javascript\">\n        \/\/ need to have the same with set from JS on both divs. Otherwise it can push stuff around in HTML\n        var trp_ls_shortcodes = document.querySelectorAll('.trp_language_switcher_shortcode .trp-language-switcher');\n        if ( trp_ls_shortcodes.length > 0) {\n            \/\/ get the last language switcher added\n            var trp_el = trp_ls_shortcodes[trp_ls_shortcodes.length - 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Mother Teresa once said, \u201cThere is more hunger for love and appreciation in this world than for bread.\u201d Benjamin Disraeli, a British author and politician, once wrote, \u201cWe are all born for love. It is the principle of existence, and its only end.\u201d And Franklin P. Jones, an American businessman, once quipped, \u201cLove doesn\u2019t make the world go \u2018round. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"subpagemaintext\">Love is the thing that we crave, the thing that gives our lives meaning and makes our lives worthwhile. Without it, we feel incomplete, lacking, and somehow lost. Where can we find it?<\/p>\n<p class=\"subpagemaintext\">Like most people, we probably first experience love from our parents and siblings. When we get older, we experience the love of our friends. Then when we marry, we experience the love of our spouse, and then of our children. Indeed, the love of family and friends plays a very important part of our lives.<\/p>\n<p class=\"subpagemaintext\">Although wonderful, however, such love is limited by time and circumstances. Parents pass on. Siblings get married and move away. Friends grow apart. Children grow up to live their own lives.&nbsp;In addition, the love we receive from others is often conditional. Sometimes friends are too busy to listen. Siblings provide help only when you\u2019re on good terms. Couples divorce when they feel they are no longer receiving love from each other. At one time or another, we may have felt \u201clet down\u201d by our loved ones. This may lead us to wonder, is there anyone that can love us with an unconditional, limitless, everlasting love?<\/p>\n<p class=\"subpagemaintext\">The answer is yes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"subpagemaintext\">There is someone who has loved us when we\u2019ve been most undeserving. There is someone who loves us so much that He gave up everything for us. There is someone whose love for us will endure from this life until the next. His love for us is so great that it surpasses our knowledge and understanding.<\/p>\n<p class=\"subpagemaintext\">This someone is Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n<p class=\"subpagemaintext\">Jesus Christ loves us so much that He gave up His life on the cross so that we could be saved from our sin (<a id=\"vid-6249-10-640f922a7bd0e\" class=\"bcv-vid\" href=\"#\" data-vid=\"62.4.9-10\">1 Jn 4:9-10<\/a>). Our love for others is usually limited and based on comfort or convenience. But Jesus Christ gave His all\u2014His own life\u2014so that we might enjoy eternal life together with Him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"subpagemaintext\">Jesus died for us not because we are good or deserving, but on the contrary, He did this while we were in opposition to Him, while we were still in sin (<a id=\"vid-4558-640f922a7bdab\" class=\"bcv-vid\" href=\"#\" data-vid=\"45.5.8\">Rom 5:8<\/a>). Our love for others is usually confined to those we like or whom we deem worthy; we rarely love our enemies, those who are unthankful, or those whom we deem unworthy. In Jesus\u2019 eyes, though, we were the undeserving ones, but He sacrificed Himself because of His great love for us.<\/p>\n<p class=\"subpagemaintext\">Jesus loves us with an everlasting love. One day, our love for others will end either because of a change in circumstances or because we will leave this earth. But nothing can separate us from Christ\u2019s love\u2014not problems, not force, not the passing of time, not even death (<a id=\"vid-45835-39-640f922a7be4d\" class=\"bcv-vid\" href=\"#\" data-vid=\"45.8.35-39\">Rom 8:35-39<\/a>). The love of Jesus Christ surpasses all human love because He is God in the flesh (<a id=\"vid-54316-640f922a7beaf\" class=\"bcv-vid\" href=\"#\" data-vid=\"54.3.16\">1 Tim 3:16<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p class=\"subpagemaintext\">Human love is a wonderful thing, but sometimes we may still feel that something is missing in our lives. Jesus Christ wants to fill that empty part of our hearts with His perfect love\u2014He is drawing us to Him so that we can truly find fulfillment and joy (<a id=\"vid-24313-640f922a7bf12\" class=\"bcv-vid\" href=\"#\" data-vid=\"24.31.3\">Jer 31:3<\/a>, <a id=\"vid-28114-640f922a7bf3b\" class=\"bcv-vid\" href=\"#\" data-vid=\"28.11.4\">Hos 11:4<\/a>, <a id=\"vid-36317-640f922a7bf67\" class=\"bcv-vid\" href=\"#\" data-vid=\"36.3.17\">Zeph 3:17<\/a>). He has promised that if we seek Him with all our hearts, we will surely find Him (<a id=\"vid-242913-640f922a7bf9e\" class=\"bcv-vid\" href=\"#\" data-vid=\"24.29.13\">Jer 29:13<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p class=\"subpagemaintext\">If you want to experience perfect love, come to know Christ the Lord, for He Himself is love (<a id=\"vid-62416-640f922a7c018\" class=\"bcv-vid\" href=\"#\" data-vid=\"62.4.16\">1 Jn 4:16<\/a>).&nbsp;Open a Bible and read about what God has done because of His great love for you. Contact a church and get to know others who have experienced God\u2019s amazing, transforming love. Then get to know God personally by talking to Him and praying to Him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"subpagemaintext\">Soon, you will experience the perfect love you have been waiting for all your life.<\/p>\n<p class=\"subpagemaintext\">(Source:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/tjc.org\/gospel-salvation\/\">TJC.org<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"module_column tb-column col4-1 tb_k9ip353 last\">\n<div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n<div class=\"module module-layout-part tb_xw8e593 \">\n<div class=\"tb_layout_part_wrap tf_w\">\n<div class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-4754 themify_builder not_editable_builder in_the_loop\" data-postid=\"4754\">\n<div class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_zmzi088 tf_w tf_clearfix\">\n<div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tf_box tf_rel\">\n<div class=\"module_column tb-column col-full tb_otne385 first\">\n<div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n<p><!-- \/module widget --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- \/row_inner --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- \/module_row --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/themify_builder_content--><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- \/module template_part --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- \/row_inner --><\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d5eab48 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d5eab48\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-072ab8d\" data-id=\"072ab8d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61b0553 elementor-button-success elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"61b0553\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/tjc-chicago.org\/peace-and-love\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\"><b>Back<\/b><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Love is perhaps the one thing people seek after and prize above all else\u2014above even money, fame, or success. 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