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MEDIA ADVISORY, Nov. 6 /Christian Newswire/ -- Every human being needs love. Love has motivated some of the most courageous and noble actions; the absence of love has, perhaps, been responsible for the most unspeakable acts of cruelty. The search for love often involves struggle. Many are haunted by nagging questions they rarely dare to ask. Do I matter to anyone? Is my life significant? Does anyone really love me? Though they may not know it, these people are desperately in need of what author Stephen G. Post refers to as "Godly love." In his new book, Godly Love: A Rose Planted in the Desert of Our Hearts, Post educates readers in the ways of God's unlimited love, inspiring them to embrace it and pass it on to others.
Post has been researching and writing about topics such as unselfish love, compassionate care, kindness, and altruism for over thirty years. He is the president of the Institute for Research on Unlimited Love, a non-profit that promotes research and discussion between theologians and scientists on the subject of agape love.
Godly Love: A Rose Planted in the Desert of Our Hearts communicates the beautiful attributes of God's love with a gentle sincerity that will convince readers to begin letting go of the anger, bitterness, and hatred in their lives in favor of the love that will make them flourish. Godly love is a phenomenon that must be experienced to be truly understood, but Post provides several memorable examples of the people he has met who best demonstrate its transforming ways. He shares anecdotes of time spent with Dame Cicely Saunders, the founder of the hospice movement, and with Jean Vanier, founder of L'Arche ("The Ark") homes.
For Post, the prospect of a life devoid of Godly love is a tragic one. "Some have said that God is dead. I say that God is not dead, but without Godly love, we are," Post says. "We all deal with the stress of life. And we all have times when we feel more or less imperiled. We all try to maintain a positive outlook on life, especially when we are hurting. We all strive to transform through love the vengefulness and callousness that threaten to overwhelm our capacity for forgiveness and compassion. Yet we need something more powerful than our human capabilities to free us from the negative emotions that rob our lives of meaning and hope."
www.unlimitedloveinstitute.org
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