- Several acts of love have been showcased in the past. This write-up is only limited to what we call 7 amazing acts of love that truly capture the heart
- While love is mostly referred to as a feeling towards someone or something, the best way love can be expressed and felt is through the show of kindness and sacrifice
- Building around the stories of men and women of different ages, races, and professions, this article narrates the life of people who wrote their names in gold by their acts of love
The good thing about acts of love is that they are able to capture the heart. While love is mostly described in the light of intense feelings or affection for someone or something, the most efficient way to explain love is probably through a practical show of kindness sacrifice, and self-denial.
Over the years, several individuals have defined love by their actions. Their stories are being told today because they were able to match their words with kind gestures that have remained indelible on the sands of time. Sit back and relax as we take you through an interesting true story ride of some humbling acts of love.
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1. Lui Shi Ching – A Teenager who Carried His Friend on His Back for 8 Years
Lui Shi Ching displayed an act of selfless love for 8 years to his friend, Lu Shao. Lu had a congenital disorder and had to depend on his mom for his movements to and fro school. It rained one day and his mom couldn’t come on time so Lu was stuck in school. Lui, who was smaller in size than Lu made a decision to get him home that day and soon, every day! He never told anyone about it, his parents only found out 4 years down the line. This act of love lifted a dark cloud in Lu’s life and allowed sunshine to come in, as reported in Lu’s diary.
2. Donald and Nancy – Couple who Wore Matching Outfits for 35 Years
Donald and Nancy Featherstone are a very colorful and romantic couple who have worn matching outfits for about 35 years. Donald is an artist quite famous for designing the plastic pink flamingo lawn ornament. What’s there to not love in an Artist?
3. Captain Wilm Hosenfeld – A German Officer who Hid and Fed His Supposed Enemy in 1942
In 1944, Captain Wilm Hosenfeld, a German Officer displayed tough love to Wladyslaw Szpilman, a talented Pianist from Polish. Wladyslaw was enrolled in the military when the Germans invaded Poland in 1942. Luckily, he survived the war after his ordeals but was found out by Captain Wilm. Although Wladyslaw accepted his fate, Captain Wilm didn’t. He helped him evade recapture while feeding him and providing a safe place to hide. Love from an enemy!
4. Steve Smith and Carmen – Lovers who Refused to Give up on Love Despite Losing Touch for Over a Decade
Steve Smith and Carmen Ruiz-Perez fell head over heels in love with each other during their 20s and got engaged. Carmen was a foreign exchange student in England at the time and when she had to move back to France a year later, the relationship suffered. Steve never forgot her and sent a message several years later with the aim of rekindling the lost flames.
His letter, however, ended up at the back of Carmen’s fireplace when it slipped from the mantel place where her mom kept it. Ten years later while Carmen’s house was under renovation, the letter resurfaced. It read “I hope you are well. I was just writing to ask if you ever married and if you ever still thought of me? It would be great to hear from you, please get in touch if you can. Steve XXX.” Carmen overcame her nervousness, got in touch and they got married at the age of 42, 17 years after they fell for each other.
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5. David Hurd and Avril Cato – Couple who Started as Penpals, Writing each other from Two Civilizations
Judith Lovell always saw her granddad, David Hurd, as a ‘somber and dignified’ man and was amazed to stumble upon his adventurous love letters with her grandma, Avril Cato. It all began with boredom. David was lonely in Jamaica where he did menial jobs for a living and began to write to a Caribbean lady. In one year, he fell in love with his penfriend and went on to propose marriage which she and her family accepted. They met in August 1914, felt the love up close, and got married. Avril traveled back to New York with David and they lived happily ever after. Avril passed on in 1962 and David in 1971. They left 6 kids behind to morn them.
6. John and Ann Betars – United States’ Longest Married Couple in 2013 who had 5 Children, 14 Grandchildren, and 16 Great-Grandchildren
John and Ann Betars’ love story began in a neighborhood as friends. It ‘ran’ on to New York City, when Ann’s dad tried marrying her off to a man 20 years older. This young love was not expected to survive but it did.
In 2013 they were awarded by the Worldwide Marriage Encounter as the United States’ longest married couple. They had 5 children, 14 grandchildren, and 16 great-grandchildren.
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7. God and Man – The Greatest Act of Love ever Shown
A father noticed the problems ravaging his people and gave up his son to serve the punishment for them. In the long run, this earned them Salvation from their sins and corrupt practices and gave them the chance to live forever (eternal life). This is the ultimate display of love found in the Christian’s Holy book, the Bible. It is the story of God and Jesus Christ, His son which was effectively captured in John 3:16 ‘For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son that whosoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.’
Love is indeed truly beautiful!
While the stories given above are actually amazing acts of love that truly capture the heart, there are many other instances of acts of love that may not have been captured here because of space and time. The idea is to learn from these so that the same can be replicated because love is the GREATEST!
