Love Is Not Easily Angered
To tell you the truth, it’s not easy to maintain our tantrum. Sometimes we throw it easily, especially when we’re angry. Even though to the one we love most, sometimes we get angry easily.
Reading today’s My Paper by Singapore Press Holding, I found this article:
Tot Starved to death for not saying “Amen”
Philadelphia: A toddler whose remains were found inside a suitcase was starved to death by members of a religious cult --- including his mother --- in part because he refused to say “Amen” after meals.
Ria Ramkissoon, 21, the mother of Javon Thompson, was charged on Monday with first-degree murder in her son’s death. Three other members of a cult called 1 Mind Ministries have been similarly charged. According to court documents, Ramkissoon joined the cult after Javon was born.
From police interviews with two school-aged children who were later taken away from group members, it was learnt that the adults stopped feeding Javon in December 2006, after he refused to say “Amen” after dinner.
Members also viewed Javon --- then 19 months old --- as a ‘demon.’ He died in his mother’s arms.
It’s really illogical, isn’t it? How could a person, a mother do that? But it happens, under a religious cult’s influence. We need to love, and not easily angered. Not easy to do so, but we need a real love, a sincere love from the heart, so that we could forgive others. So such case above doesn't need to happen. (-fon-)
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
--- 1 Corinthians 13: 4-7
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