Saturday, October 06, 2007

Unrequited love, singleness and hell - Yes there is a connection!

Captain Sensible writes: Excellent article here that I discovered while looking into this subject.
Here's just one line: "As the unity of man and woman in one flesh mirrors the image and likeness of God, so too the separation of man from woman conjures the cruelty and fragmentation of Hell." And another: "Unrequited love feels like death. In fact, there are times when death would seem preferable to the unrelenting pain and frustration. There are those, even in the Church, who would seek to minimize or make light of this most unique agony: “Oh, don’t worry about it! Women (or men) are like street cars, there’s another one along any minute!” Like Hell. I don’t think there is any other pain quite like that of unrequited love, especially when rejection is involved, although that might even be preferable to being strung along with hopes raised and dashed with punishing regularity. 'Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a wish fulfilled is the tree of life.' (Proverbs 13:12)"
Hmm - who'd have thought it? The article seems a little inadequately short.
But maybe sometimes knowing God understands is enough?

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