forced love.

Force is all-conquering, but its victories are short-lived.

Abraham Lincoln
16th president of US (1809 - 1865)

a man with great power and stature once said this. but is it true? let's see..

i'll focus on wars first.
look at hitler when he conquered his desired territory. people were afraid of him, and i can boldly say, few respected him. In 1920 the German Workers' party was renamed the National Socialist German Workers, or Nazi, party; in 1921 it was reorganized with Hitler as chairman. Heil Hitler! became the obligatory form of greeting, and a cult of Führer worship was propagated. On Apr. 29, 1944, Hitler married his long-time mistress, Eva Braun, and on Apr. 30 they committed suicide together in an underground bunker of the chancellery building, having ordered that their bodies be burned.
after that, he's remembered as the most dreadful tyrant in history. but i would say, the germans and the rest of the world had learnt a great deal from this ordeal. consider that as a victory? i would say so, but that wasn't what hitler had intended when he started i suppose.

now let's look at a love that's from God. i believe most of my friends who reads dis blog are Christians and would agree wif me that God's love is described in 1 Corinthians 13. though its just a short chapter, but it holds great meanings and elaboration. He didn't force us to be like Him and show love like He did, did He? i believed He compelled us to be like Him due to His pure love for us. and His "victories" in us, in a way lasted if we knew the true meaning of His love and His intention for His love for us. Lasted in dis aspect meaning our reciprocated love for Him and how we've been trying to be Christ-like.

the 2 examples that are mentioned above are obviously different, but i'm not sure if its biased just to push my point across. but, yah. do tag and comment on dis entry! agree or disagree, feel free!!