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hen a nation, a Owe no man anything, but to
people, a per- love one another according
son becomes to Romans 13:8 is one of the
too money-con- most important instructions in
Wscious and the Holy Book. It has no basis
overly profit-oriented, all forms in culture, religion, language or
of compromises will set in and creed. It is a human to human
when that happens, priorities requirement irrespective of
will begin to shift from that wherever they are from. And
which makes men human to for the institutions and persons
that which brings more gain, that want to change the world,
more profit and by that, corrup- they can begin with this simple
tion which leads to a degener- reality that love is what makes
ated society will be the order our world go round and not
of the day. Nations, kingdoms, money as we have been told
businesses, empires and rela- over time. The lifestyle of love is
“Everyone on this
tionships have been destroyed the most important that will help
by this pattern and many more us deal with the many issues planet
will still be destroyed if we don't we have on earth right now. The
change our ways and see that killings, maiming, kidnapping, Must come together
we were first human before we terrorism, fraud, adultery and all as one.
ever were anything else we find that man has been plagued with
ourselves doing. What makes are nothing but the effect of the One mind, one spirit…
for our common unity is not absence of love for one anoth-
money or gain but love, com- er. Why? The commands “Thou And we need the love
passion and brotherhood. We shalt not commit adultery,” of the savior
have however created a system “Thou shalt not kill,” “Thou shalt
that keeps defying this reality not steal,” will all be irrelevant if Before we go bankrupt
of love and humanity amongst we love others the way we love on love
ourselves and then cry foul ourselves.
when karma comes our way. Yahweh is the answer.”
Forgetting that when it comes The Love Bankruptcy
to the principle of you reap As I write this article, I remem-
what you sow, it has nothing ber a song by Tonex titled it is much more than just music
to do with religion but much YHWH (YAHWEH) that he or words of a song, but a reality
more about a universal law that released in 2008. The first time that we must tell and also push
puts all men on the same scale in 2008 that I listened to that ourselves to do before we go
before God. song, I was blown away by both really bankrupt on love. For
We have somehow become the music and then the lyrics. the love that many profess is
too selfish to even notice the The first part of the lyrics which nothing but feelings, emotions
situations others go through is why I am bringing up this and selfish desires which have
daily while mastering the act of song says: nothing to do with what love
talking about love and the many really is. For if it was true that
other love fantasies we have “Everyone on this planet real love is about feelings, emo-
in our heads but without a clue Must come together as one tions and selfish desires, then
as to what love really means. One mind, one spirit… why do we still have so much
In my opinion, we are all debt- And we need the love of the hatred and evil in our societies?
ors to the universal golden rule savior And why do offenses break
which mandates us to love God, Before we go bankrupt on love relationships that were suppos-
and then our neighbors just as Yahweh is the answer.” edly created through love? An
we love ourselves. accurate look at our world will
Back then in 2008, the song tell you clearly what we lack.
Owe no man nothing but made so much musical, lyrical Love is simply missing and we
LOVE and vocal sense to me. But now
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