“To love another is to will what is really good for him. Such love must be based on truth.
A love that sees no distinction between good and evil, but loves blindly merely for the sake of loving, is hatred, rather than love.
To love blindly is to love selfishly, because the goal of such love is not the real advantage of the beloved but only the exercise of love in our own souls.”
My friend Bob Peragallo, a retired pastor and Marine Vietnam veteran, shared his take on love this way-
We all believe in love, but often we love the idea of love, when it needs to be our jobdescription.
God declares Himself to be “Love” and He is, but it doesn’t always run in the family. Far too often, our lives become a poor substitute for the Jesus that the world is looking to see. If I lose my focus, I may give a poor substitute for this kind of love.
As someone who has received this love from my heavenly Father, I should always err on the side of loving people.
Bob serves on the Board of Directors of Vets with a Mission (VWAM) , a 501c3 organization providing humanitarian aid to Vietnam and opportunities for Vietnam veterans, their families, and friends to experience healing from the emotional wounds of war.
VWAM’s sponsors life-saving heart surgery for children through its Children’s Heart Surgery Program. Donations are needed and welcome.
I examined a child while on a volunteer trip with VWAM, to identify children needing heart surgery and other medical treatments.
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She has one of the highest IQs in the world. She is certifiably the world’s smartest woman, according to the Guinness Book of World Records. She is married to none other than Dr. Robert Jarvik, developer of the artificial heart.
One of my Sunday traditions is reading Parade , a magazinein the newspaper. One of my favorite parts is the “Ask Marilyn” column where Marilyn Vos Savant answers complex questions on a wide range of subjects- math, science, medicine, technology, economics , games, sports and just about any topic you can imagine.
I have wondered how she does it, imagining it must take hours and hours of research.
But then I learned her history. She has one of the highest IQs in the world. She is the world’s smartest woman, according to the Guinness Book of World Records, having one of the highest IQs ever recorded.
Parade published an article about how she met her husband. She is married to none other than Dr. Robert Jarvik, developer of the artificial heart.
He called her after reading a magazine article about her, and they had a long distance courtship lasting one year.
At their wedding, science fiction author Isaac Asimov walked her down the aisle; the best man was the 7th recipient of one of the Jarvik artificial hearts! How’s that for romantic. They have been happily married since 1987.
After she and Dr. Jarvik married, she became Chief Financial Officer of Jarvik Heart, Inc. But she also addresses health issues in the questions she answers in her Parade column and online. Here is a sample of some of them. (I have paraphrased her answers. )
question
Why do some drug side effects wear off and some don’t?
answer
Our bodies respond to drugs in different ways, positive and negative. Sometimes the effects are positive, relieving symptoms or curing an illness. Negative effects range from bothersome to dangerous. Either way, effects may increase or decrease depending on our genetic ability to respond to that particular drug. So sometimes drug dosages need to be changeto continue being effective or the med stopped if side effects persist or worsen.
question
Can you catch a cold from your cat?
answer
Not likely. Viruses that affect dogs and cats are different from those that affect humans, plus humans are susceptible to many more. But mutations an occur and cause animal viruses to infect humans, such as the swine flu.
question
Why do men burn more calories than women?
answer
A person who weighs more will burn more calories. However, men typically have more muscle mass and women have more fat mass; muscle burns more calories than fat.
question
How much of our brain do we use; is it true we only use 10%?
answer
No,it is not true. We use nearly all of our brain. Different parts are more active at times, depending on what we are doing. Only a small fraction of our billion brain cells are active at a time.
Read more of Marilyn’s popular answers at this link.
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