A Dialogue To Remember

“I can tell if two people are in love,” quips Jarod Kintz, “how they hold each other’s hands, and how thick their sanitation gloves are”. Well, fair enough, if you ask me. But isn’t there much more to love than hand-holding and joint sanitation work? And is this even really an appropriate time to talk about love? Let’s face it people: why does the world seem to reek from so much hate and injustice? The answer isn’t far-fetched. While ‘men’ slept, ‘facts’ gradually lost its priceless virtue of being sacred and ‘truth’ metamorphosed into a relative term.

Pray, what more can be said of the controversial discharge and acquittal of Major Al-Mustapha by the Court of Appeal? A man, who a lower court, had earlier convicted and sentenced to death by hanging for the murder of Kudirat Abiola – wife of M.K.O Abiola – acclaimed winner of Nigeria’s1993 Presidential Elections. And how angry and resolved are we to protest the recent passage of the Senate bill which grants official appendage to an already rampant practice of marrying underage girls. The new law says a girl no longer needs to attain 18 years of age to be married any more. As long as she consents to any marriage proposal, even if she is 18 months old, the intending couple has a free rite of passage.

As I brooded over these abnormalities that pervades our clime, I received an interesting ‘love dialogue’ from a friend which lifted my spirit. You know, often times, it is necessary to take a break from reality to peep into the world of the ideal, for “darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”

Here you go.

Boy:  Do you have a boyfriend?
Girl:  Nope. I don't want to have a boyfriend.

Boy:  Gen. 2:18, The Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.”
Girl:  But I don't love you.

Boy:  1 John 4:8, "Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love."
Girl:  And how do I know you mean those words?

Boy:  Matthew 12:34b, "For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks."
Girl:  But how can I be sure that you're loyal and honest?

Boy:  Mark 13:31, "Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away."
Girl:  But why me? There are a lot of girls out there.

Boy:  Proverbs 31:29, "Many women do noble things, but you surpass them all."
Girl:  But what is in me that you like?

Boy:  Song of Solomon 4:7, "You are altogether beautiful, my darling; there is no flaw in you."
Girl:  But I'm not all that beautiful...you're exaggerating.

Boy:  Proverbs 31:30, "Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised."
Girl:  What happens if I say yes?

Boy:  Genesis 2:24, "Therefore man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh."
Girl:  How come you know the scriptures this much?

Boy:  Joshua 1:8, "This book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous and you will have good success."
Girl:  Wooow! I can see you really love God.
Boy:  Psalm 34:8, "Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good! Blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him.
Girl:  Hmmm…OK, please give me time to think about it.

Boy: Philippians 4:8, "Finally brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things."
Girl:  Awwww I love you already!
Boy:  Revelation 22:21b, "Amen!”

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