Laws of the Heart Vs. the Laws Written by Man

I was actually browsing my notes a while ago and ran across one of the articles that our professor Dr. Lourdes Tolod gave us in class entitled AFGHANISTAN'S RAGE AT YOUNG LOVERS.  Actually we were asked to choose from among those articles to critique on and as I read further I was led to hop unto my keyboard and wrote the following...In the end...I felt sort of confused...hahahha.  Anyway ...here goes... (I wrote them without really any touch or initiative to do editing..if i would do that...i would be more confused hahahah...crazy ha).  Suggestion...please search the web for you to understand the story:-)  ....thanks for the help:-)

http://muslimmatters.org/2011/01/25/picking-up-the-pieces-how-to-deal-with-lost-love/

Laws of the Heart Vs. the Laws Written by Man...this is what my reaction / critique paper would focus on.  It is just so disheartening for me as I ran through the story of the adolescent couple.  They both came from an Afghanistan culture that believes in arranged marriage.  By the term arranged marriage is already a violation to the human heart. 

We all know that the human heart works in so very mysterious ways.  It has its own dictate and moves and it feels accordingly.  When one says “follow your heart”.  It means that you submit to its movements.  It moves you to certain direction.  Loving someone for example is part of its dictate.  Sometimes beyond reason we feel for someone and a lot of those around us may not agree to it but still we submit and continue loving. 

But then the heavier burden and weight is placed with someone that loves but is against the written law of man.  Each society or culture has but itself written guide or laws to live by.  Some of these laws existed through time handed down from generations to generations.  Through time, it has toughened and people strongly adhere and believe in it despite the pain and struggles that they bring to man. 

But even and despite the existing laws, there are those gifted with bravery and courage to stand up for what they believe is right and just.  These individuals do not just rely with the written laws of man.  They feel in their hearts that beyond the written law, there is that movement in their hearts that bring and lead them to restlessness.  This restlessness propels them to do something beyond human reason and written laws combined.  That’s why you see people “going against” some practices of culture because by themselves they feel something is wrong and unjust. 

Love by itself is a gift to each man.  We feel and do beautiful things and even commit to certain beautiful causes when we are in love.  This is beyond the written laws of any culture.  That’s why the young lovers fought so hard for their love even unto facing death for they know in their hearts loving someone cannot be dictated by anyone or existing laws or culture.  Loving actually is the most natural thing that we humans can do.  Anyone that violates the movement of the human heart violates nature and thus, violates or disobeys the God that puts it in the heart of every man or woman alive on earth.

At this juncture, I am bothered at how one culture has arrived at such move at killing two individuals because of violating a culture or tradition.  I remember Jesus in one of the stories of the Gospel stated “the Sabbath is made for the good of man …not man for the Sabbath”.  What he meant by that was that laws should serve as man’s guide and for any reason any part of the law hurts, brings injustice or is oppressive then the heart of the law is itself violated. 

In fact, by itself the law has a “heart”.  Thus, I believe that the heart of the law springs from those people that made it into such.  How come a group of individuals create a law or a culture that is oppressive and has “no heart”.  Does it follow then that these individuals writing those laws did not really listen to their own hearts so as to come up with those laws that should reflect equality and justice for all living individuals? 

A  lot of things do surface due to man not being able to listen from their hearts.   A lot of questionable, selfish, unjust decisions can be made when we do not listen to our  --- human heart.   Thus what would become of those young Afghanistan lovers would ultimately question man’s heart.  This should be an awakening to Afghanistan’s people…I am deeply praying and hoping that one day these people would be freer to express themselves in love at the dictate of their own hearts and not by anyone else or culture.

Again…Love is a gift….thus, it is so free and available for everyone…