{"id":211,"date":"2005-05-17T07:30:00","date_gmt":"2005-05-17T11:30:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2005-05-18T08:00:52","modified_gmt":"2005-05-18T12:00:52","slug":"woes-of-a-love-letter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblearchive.com\/blog\/woes-of-a-love-letter\/","title":{"rendered":"Woes of A Love Letter"},"content":{"rendered":"

There once was a young man named Nicky. Nicky had his eyes
\non Jen for quite some time. He would look longingly at her and sometimes he
\nwould catch her brown eyes looking back at him. Finally he screwed up the
\ncourage to write her a letter which confessed his love for her.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

It took him days really. He lay the pen to paper introducing
\nhimself and then talking about some things he enjoyed. He talked about
\ndifferent types of flowers that struck his fancy and some situations that were
\nparticularly memorable to him. He lay each pen stroke with and sentence with
\ngreat care to pull the recipient of his love confession along to the point
\nwhere he would make the connections of those flowers to the scent of her hair,
\nand those memorable moments being made brighter because she was in the backdrop
\nthen reaching a crescendo as he confessed his undying love and made a request
\nto date her.<\/p>\n

Nervously he handed Jen the letter who gladly took it, for
\nalthough she knew him?she didn?t really know him. Odd young man, often blushing
\nin her presence, it was enough to have her interested in what he had to say. <\/o:p><\/p>\n

So she sits down to read the lengthy letter and numbers each
\nsentence of the 10 page masterpiece. When she?s finally done she opens the
\nletter to the fourth page, the second paragraph and the third sentence where it
\nread ?So I really liked that movie a lot?although I don?t remember seeing a
\nthing.? <\/o:p><\/p>\n

After a moment of deep meditation she draws the conclusion
\nthat the young man is lying about actually enjoying the movie. By the obvious
\ncontradiction and his outright confession he is admitting that he is a liar.<\/p>\n

The next day she meets up with the expectant young man who
\neagerly asks her ?have you read my letter?? to which she replies ?I?m not
\nfinished with it yet. I?m on page four, P2:S3. So far I think you are quite the
\nliar!?<\/p>\n

The young man stands there confused and in horror realizes
\nthat she hasn?t grasped the point of his letter at all. He tells her to read
\nsome more of it so she goes home, decides to read the containing paragraph. To
\nher joy she discovers that the entire paragraph is talking about a day at the
\nmovies but ending with that sentence which is an outright lie.<\/p>\n

Now that she has read the paragraph though, she is sure of
\nthe meaning of the sentence and proceeds to tell the young man that it is
\ndefinite?he is a liar. The young man looks at her and said ?Read the whole
\nletter! You missed my point entirely! Each and every sentence doesn?t stand on
\nit?s own, but it?s connected to the other. Each paragraph doesn?t stand on it?s
\nown but it?s connected to the other. Each page is part of the whole point where
\nI am confessing my love to you!?<\/p>\n

?Well, if that was your point why wouldn?t you have it in
\npage 4, paragraph 2, sentence 3??<\/p>\n

?I did have it there! Because if you read the next paragraph
\nyou?ll see that I spent the whole time in the movie thinking about the color of
\nyour hair! Read it with what I was saying in mind and you?ll see?that I love
\nyou!? <\/o:p><\/p>\n

As with any subject (Dispensationalism, Calvinism, Baptism, Trinitarianism) it is important to read the
\nsubtext in context of the surrounding text. Some find much riches in focusing
\non a verse (like John3:16) to gather treasure?and this is well and good. The
\nthing is John 3:16 sits in the middle of a broader passage and that passage
\nsits in the forefront of a bigger discussion and purpose. To look at any part
\nof the Word of God void of its Scriptural context is to ignore the very manner
\nthat the Lord in Heaven has orchestrated the giving of the Word. True it is
\nprofitable for many things?but look at it?s full power in the way that the Lord
\nhas deigned to give it.<\/p>\n

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