Valentine seasonal: Love versus Lust

Another season is here again to celebrate the bravery and contorted defiance of a certain St Valentinus. Looking deep and reviewing the acts of the man, one thing sticks; he was an embodiment of what love is; that is reaching out, giving hope and providing support. His eventual execution is in essence a replica of what the world does with genuine love or how genuine love is regarded. It is in truth, treated high handedly and those that offer it are mostly at the end of the brunt. Case in point, even Jesus Christ himself was never genuinely loved.


Okay, we are celebrating Valentine's Day and for those of us that are all fired up for a fun filled day of activities with whoever, we may wager at my seeming muttering of genuine love.

Yes! We all await this peculiar day earnestly, fantasizing about the gifts, the texts, the places to be visited, the snacks, views and all the fun to be had. This of course, would be the genuine thinking of the somewhat innocent, who just see this day as a day of showing affection. 

Affection, such a sensitive and touchy word! At this point, I must ask, what is affection? It is simply a gentle feeling of fondness or likeness for a person, synonymous with infatuation or attraction and is generally a state of the mind
Mark that phrase. A state means it can be temporal.

Now, the major situation in today's world is that many young people have ventured into celebrating this day in certain ways without proper orientation. Of course, sharing gifts is a major kind gesture of this global celebration. However, adding the sharing of the body is just as nasty as the lust it propagates. Now there are no two ways of saying this; sex in the name of the love trivia is simply lust. Valentine died for love not lust.

Lust is a strong negative desire for something. The crazy thing about Lust and Love is that they are nearly so identical that the thin line between both can be missed. Both involve affection which is a state of the mind. However, the length of that state of the mind is a capital indicator into the difference between both. Whereas lust pants and runs after its object of attraction until it gets maximum satisfaction, love on the other hand, is a feeling of strong or constant affection for a person. I want you to take note of the word constant. It means consistent, continuous, evergreen, unwavering etc.. For those of us in the sciences, we know what it means to have a constant, it would never be changed or converted.

This is what is supposed to be celebrated and appreciated. Your pants never has to come down before your love is proved. That is lust in action. Do not be confused,  it might seem genuine but time will tell. 

Look at the case of Ammon, David's son in the Bible. He had always longed for his sister, the moment he got what he wanted, that was it. That was the end, his affection for her died. Many ladies would be shattered in a few months from today and some others as early as tomorrow morning. Why give out your dignity to lust? Anyone that craves sex with you as a testament of love has already given you the easiest cue to leave that relationship. Because, if you really love someone, you would do everything to protect them and not put them in the line of fire.

It's Valentine's day, specially set aside for the purpose of celebrating this man's peculiar bravery. Love should be celebrated and exhibited on a daily basis. However, it is a day to show the good soul in you by offering hope and extending a hand of fellowship and friendship. For those of you that are courting or dating, it is a day to take a deep reflection, examine ways you can be better; ways you can improve and give back to those around you. You can have fun, visit places and all that but, you cannot throw your legs wide open into the air and fall into the abyss of fornication. You would be celebrating lust.

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