L.O.V.E

Today I've been slightly overwhelmed by a beautiful bouquet of flowers from a  boy who wants to take me cycling. I'm all smiles.

It has struck me today that our acts of love can have a profound effect on people; not just people we know but people who through an accident of universal collision we come into contact with.  As my friend and I walked back to work after lunch today, she spotted a lady in the street and approached her.  Although they've never met, my friend spoke to her, asking in her softly spoken way if she is the lady who walks down Church Road every day.  'Ah,' she says, 'I've seen you - and I always think to myself that you're very beautiful.'  

Beauty can be seen in our actions. In how we treat strangers as well as loved ones.  How we choose to spend our money.  How we choose to react when something happens to us.  It's how we choose to speak well of someone and how we choose to care for others.

One of my overseas colleagues was disappointed today: the valentine's card his son brought home from school was sadly not for him - but for the family dog.  That - in itself is a beautiful thing.  To love - when we can't expect to get anything back in return.  

And I thought I'd share this little beauty from Tearfund rhythms by way of showing love to someone you don't know.  

Enjoy...