{"id":328,"date":"2015-01-11T23:42:02","date_gmt":"2015-01-11T23:42:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/howgreatthoupart\/?p=328"},"modified":"2015-01-11T23:42:02","modified_gmt":"2015-01-11T23:42:02","slug":"hope-faith-and-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/howgreatthoupart\/2015\/01\/hope-faith-and-love.html","title":{"rendered":"Hope, Faith and Love"},"content":{"rendered":"

I like to believe that what fuels my brand of writing is love. That is the type of writer that I am. I am drawn most passionately to examine the average, every day moments of life. LIfe of course is always or at least, should be driven by love.<\/p>\n

It makes me think of the passage, “And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.”<\/p>\n

We learn this from a very young age. The kiss of a mother can heal a boo boo. Our lives begin teaching us this particular magic of love. <\/p>\n

At times, as a writer less is more. I wrote once of another simple concept. How selfishness can end a marriage. Love can heal a marriage. Love has amazing healing properties. The problem is that love can get tainted and become conditional rather than unconditional. <\/p>\n

Love healed us after my father left. I think of this often now as the struggles of divorce get greater. I try and remain focused on the exquisite simplicity of love and its’ power.<\/p>\n

“And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.”<\/p>\n

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