I LOVE YOU

A woman came out of her house and saw 3 old men with long white beards sitting in her front yard. She did not recognize them. She said "I don't think I know you, but you must be hungry.

Please come in and have something to eat."

"Is the man of the house home?", they asked.

"No", she said. "He's out."

"Then we cannot come in", they replied.

In the evening when her husband came home, she told him what had happened. "Go tell them I am home and invite them in!" The woman went out and invited the men in.

"We do not go into a House together," they replied. "Why is that?" she wanted to know.

One of the old men explained: "His name is Wealth," he said pointing to one of his friends, and said pointing to another one, "He is Success, and I am Love." Then he added, "Now go in and discuss with your husband which one of us you want in your home."

The woman went in and told her husband what was said. Her husband was overjoyed. "How nice!!", he said. "Since that is the case, let us invite Wealth. Let him come and fill our home with wealth!"

His wife disagreed. "My dear, why don't we invite Success?" Their daughter-in-law was listening from the other corner of the house. She jumped in with her own suggestion: "Would it not be better to invite Love? Our home will then be filled with love!"

"Let us heed our daughter-in-law's advice," said the husband to his wife. "Go out and invite Love to be our guest." The woman went out and asked the 3 old men, "Which one of you is Love? Please come in and be our guest."

Love got up and started walking toward the house. The other 2 also got up and followed him. Surprised, the lady asked Wealth and Success: "I only invited Love, Why are you coming in?"

The old men replied together: "If you had invited Wealth or Success, the other two of us would've stayed out, but since you invited Love, wherever He goes, we go with him. Wherever there is Love, there is also Wealth and Success!!!!!!"

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When I was done reading this story, it brought me back to the story of King Solomon, the wisest man ever lived. When he was crowned as king, the Lord appeared to him in the night saying, "Ask for whatever you want me to give you."....Solomon answered the Lord saying, ".......Now O Lord my God, you have made me your servant king in place of my father David. But I am only a little child and do not know how to carry out my duties.....So give your servant a discerning heart to govern your people and to distinguish between right and wrong...

" The Lord was pleased that Solomon had asked for this. So God said to him, "Since you have asked for this and not long life or wealth for yourself....I will do what you have asked. I will give you a wise and discerning heart..Moreover I will give you what you have not asked for - both riches and honor..."

The Bible speaks much of and emphasizes greatly on the subject - LOVE. Love is indeed the most powerful force in the world. Of the three - faith, hope, and love - Paul writes that Love is the greatest. Which of the three would you choose? Mr. Love? Mr. Wealth or Mr. Success.

would definitely choose LOVE! Even if I do not have all the money or be successful, I would greatly desire to have a peaceful- loving family. And I thank God that I already have it!! =)

There will always be success and wealth where love is, simply because when you love others, God will certainly bless you. The two most important commnandments in the Bible is - Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul and with all your strength. And the second commandment is - Love thy neighour as yourself. God does not emphasize on giving money or material things to your neighour (enemy) but only one thing - LOVE.

God is love, but love is not God -

Sincerely: dpyc

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- I have loved you with an everlasting love -