SOON WE WILL BE OBSERVING VALENTINES DAY once again. It’s that time of year when romantic love is celebrated. I don’t have to tell you that the greeting card, candy, and floral companies keep it ever before us. And we husbands need all the help we can get!
I’m always on the lookout for stories that illustrate the power of love—love that transcends the shallow romantic kind. Some years ago, UPI carried the following story:
Zadok Nager, 35, and France Peretz, 28, of Kfar Sava, Israel, proving that love conquers all, even the thirteen sub-machinegun bullets he shot into her, were married for the second time.
The couple, who had already divorced each other once, were courting again when Nager suspected his ex-wife of being unfaithful and as a result shot her.
After recovering from the shooting, Miss Peretz visited Nager in jail, pending his trial for attempted murder. Nager told a district court judge in Tel Aviv, “She forgives me and we love each other.” Guarded by two plain-clothes policemen, the two were wedded. Then Nager was escorted back to his cell.
Hey, I’m not making this up. I realize that this is an extreme example, but love is a powerful thing. It goes beyond the ordinary. A little boy, being asked what forgiveness is, gave this beautiful answer: “It is the odor that flowers breathe when they are trampled upon.” Miss Peretz understood this definition and acted upon it.
"We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love."
Martin Luther King, Jr.
I’m always on the lookout for stories that illustrate the power of love—love that transcends the shallow romantic kind. Some years ago, UPI carried the following story:
Zadok Nager, 35, and France Peretz, 28, of Kfar Sava, Israel, proving that love conquers all, even the thirteen sub-machinegun bullets he shot into her, were married for the second time.
The couple, who had already divorced each other once, were courting again when Nager suspected his ex-wife of being unfaithful and as a result shot her.
After recovering from the shooting, Miss Peretz visited Nager in jail, pending his trial for attempted murder. Nager told a district court judge in Tel Aviv, “She forgives me and we love each other.” Guarded by two plain-clothes policemen, the two were wedded. Then Nager was escorted back to his cell.
Hey, I’m not making this up. I realize that this is an extreme example, but love is a powerful thing. It goes beyond the ordinary. A little boy, being asked what forgiveness is, gave this beautiful answer: “It is the odor that flowers breathe when they are trampled upon.” Miss Peretz understood this definition and acted upon it.
"We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love."
Martin Luther King, Jr.
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