It can be precious
as an expression of love between them regardless of its issue.
In a world like ours, open to new possibilities and genuine novelty, prayer
as the expression of love between God and man can accomplish great things.
Not exact matches
This kind
of internal contradiction seems to run through much traditional theology; it finds explicit
expression in Luther's dichotomy
between the terrible God, who put him not only in awe but in utter terror, and the tender and
loving God whom he knew in Jesus Christ
as the savior, the
loving friend, and the gracious Father
of men.
Marriage is, therefore, not understood by Catholics
as merely an
expression of love between two people.
The religious understanding
of the conflict
between good and evil, the fact
of the stubborn resistance
of the human heart to the
love of God and its demands, the vision
of the divine strategy
of sacrificial
love in the life and death
of Jesus
as the climax
of history, all this is foreign to most
of the philosophies
of progress, but it was the heart
of the great
expressions of Christian liberalism.
The romantic or idealistic
love between a teenage boy and girl (frequently still to be found even in our modern sensualised world) may also be accompanied by a desire to show bodily affection - a desire filled with a tenderness and respect that operate
as a curb, not only on lust if it seeks to assert itself, but also on bodily
expressions of love which would not be true to the real existential relationship
between the couple.
It's not to do with human nature per se; it's to do with sin: envy, jealousy, possessiveness, quarrelling, a lack
of willingness to forgive and forget, infidelity, manipulation, the desire to control and dominate, lack
of consideration in matters to do with running a home
as well
as in the bedroom (sex can be one
of the highest
expressions of love between a man and a woman; it can also be incredibly selfish); hearts that are consistently closed to new life.
Expression of affection
between parents is also important because it teaches a child what normal
loving behavior
between adults is and helps them to be well adjusted in their adult relationships
as well.
The connection
between love and sex may show how women are socialized to see sex
as an
expression of love, Montemurro said.
Through animal communication we can translate for you, acting
as the conduit for this
expression of unconditional joy and
love between everyone in your family and for all
of your pets.