Today I read Judges 16 which brings the story of Sampson to a close. I've got to say, I have always wondered about Sampson and his intelligence anytime I read this part of his story. He loves the woman Delilah and tells her three times what it will take to lose his strength and three times she does it. I mean, why would you stay with such a woman? It's like if you were to wake up to your wife holding a knife to your throat three nights in a row. Would you stick around to see what the forth night is going to bring? Or would you get out of there? But Sampson, like a love sick fool, tells her his deepest secret and surprise surprise, she exploits it.
This is a different aspect of fearing man instead of God. Sampson was more concerned with what Delilah would think of him and proving his love to her. This is just another form of manipulation. Anytime a man or a woman says to his or her partner "if you love me..." that is manipulation and should be put to a stop right away. A partnership of love and trust has no room for such manipulative statements. If the person truly loves his or her partner or spouse, then they will not question said love. Such statements typically are found in puppy love such as teenagers have. They have no place in true love where two people have committed their lives to one another. It is just as much abuse as if one person hit the other.
Love is a partnership and takes both people working at it constantly to be kept alive and healthy. It cannot long survive if one of the parties starts abusing the other. True love requires work and has to be fed often. But when we put in the effort and the other half, the object of our love, puts in his or her half, it is one of the most beautiful and sacred things on this planet! It is my sincere hope that everyone can find such love and happiness in this life. Until tomorrow.
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