Armenian Evangelical CE Executive Body: Armenian Cultural Night
Lost Love - Triumph of the Lamb
Revelation 2:1-7
For a few minutes, let’s pretend we have just received a letter from Jesus addressed to CACC, 725 Brotherhood Way, SF. What do you think the content will be?
Will there be a paragraph or two commending our work here, our faithfulness?
All the work we do for the Food Festival?
How about commending us for driving up here every Sunday?
However, will there be any disapproval of the things we do?
Will there be any warnings?
“I know your deeds, your hard work and your perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate wicked men, that you have tested those who claim to be apostles but are not, and have found them false. You have persevered and have endured hardships for my name, and have not grown weary.” (2-3)
“Yet this you have: you hate the works of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.”(6)
What kind of attributes do we find in this church?
Jesus first commends them for being a hard working church. “I know that you have the zeal for preaching the TRUTH. I know that you are not tolerating false teachers. I know that you do have good doctrines. I know that your teachings are right and biblical” (Acts 20:28-31). Even Paul instructed Timothy to stop false teachers from teaching in Ephesus. (1 Tim 1:3). In verse 6 we read the name of one of those false teachers, Nicolaitans, about whom we will hear more later in the message to the church of Pergamum (2:15).
Jesus first commends them for being a church that perseveres and endures persecution. It seems the pagan society persecuted the church because of the church’s faithfulness to the Gospel. Let me remind you how Paul was persecuted by the Jews in the synagogue, as well as by the Gentile merchants who profited from the tourists who came to see the temple of Artemis. Neither false teachers nor persecution discouraged this church.
It looks like a good, solid, active church. What was wrong with it?
Yet, and yet… I hold this against you: You have forsaken your first love (4)
After all the good qualities for a church to have (hard work, zeal for speaking the truth, not compromising with the values of the world, not compromising their doctrine with false teaching, standing firm in their faith against persecution) yet they have lost an important thing: their first love, their passion for Christ, their inner fire towards Christ, their FIRST LOVE for Him.
What kind of Love?
Is it Love towards God or Love towards the neighbor? It is not mentioned here. I believe love towards the neighbor and love towards believers are driven by our Love towards God. John writes in his letter “If anyone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen” (1 John 4:20). This was the problem they faced. It looked great on the outside, but it was cold inside.
It reminds me of the love relationship between married couples. You fall in love and you get married. How fragile do our relationships become when somehow love is lost during the years? How awkward are relationships when there is no passion to love the other?
Jesus gives three Commands:
“Remember the height from which you have fallen! Repent and do the things you did at first. If you do not repent,”(5)
Three verbs: remember, repent, repeat (do things)
1. They are to remember how life was when they first met Christ, the passion and the zeal that they had towards Him.
2. They should repent, and turn to God. “Restore the JOY of my salvation” is our yearly topic. David was an active king serving God, yet he lost his passion for God because of his sins. As a church, we all need to repent and turn to God.
3. They should repeat and live the life they used to live. It is important to stop a minute and ask: “Do we need to do all these activities? Why are we doing all this? Did we compromise our Love towards God and it was replaced by activities? Do I need all these unnecessary pressure that I created around my life?”
Warning:
“I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place.” (5b)
If Ephesus refuses to hear Jesus, there will be consequences. They will cease from existence. Today not only the church does not exist, they city of Ephesus is gone, and archeologists are working to bring back the lost city.
Conclusion:
“He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes, I will give the right to eat from the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.”(7)
Who is the overcomer? He/she is the one who has the ear to listen and obey what Jesus is saying. In our context, he/she is the one who maintains the first love, who remembers and repents, and lives the new life accordingly prioritizing the church’s ministry and mission.
What does it mean for us today?
I am worried that in the daily work of the church I have the temptation to stay active but forget my first love for God. While I was preparing this message, I asked myself, “Is my first love for Jesus still active in me?” Then I asked myself, “Does CACC have its first love for Jesus?”
Last weekend I was in Kansas. I went back to my homecoming. Yes that was the place that prepared me to go back and serve with music. That was the place where I grew up in my faith. That was the place that shaped my vision to serve God. It was nice to be in a place where life was simpler and slower. A place where people greeted you even though they do not know you.
I look to our life in the Bay Area and the rush that we live worry me. How much is the world penetrating in our life-style? Where is the limit to say No to unlimited hours of work, and say Yes to things that bring us back to our first love?
What makes us lose our first love? Perhaps during the week we live in a world of fantasies that promise us a good life. Let me quote from a friend who is pastor at the PBCC, a local church. “The dangerous fantasies from those fed us by Madison Avenue, by Wall Street, and Sand Hill Road. These fantasies arouse longings that disease our minds and hearts. They have all the appearance of reality, but they are fantasies.”
We are bombarded with these fantasies. We meet on Sunday to reconstruct our mind which is fed for six days with these lies. We live in a deceptive world. The reality of life hits us when suddenly an accident, a sickness, a shocking event… comes to our home, and we are awakened to see life with new eyeglasses.
We don’t need those to be awakened. The message is clear to us. I started the message with the letter we got from Jesus. We just read that letter and it is addressed to each one of us. Please ask this question:” Have I lost my love?”
Let us sing the Irish song “Be Thou My Vision.”
He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.
Amen
Rev. Nerses Balabanian,
Calvary Armenian Congregational Church, San Francisco
For a few minutes, let’s pretend we have just received a letter from Jesus addressed to CACC, 725 Brotherhood Way, SF. What do you think the content will be?
Will there be a paragraph or two commending our work here, our faithfulness?
All the work we do for the Food Festival?
How about commending us for driving up here every Sunday?
However, will there be any disapproval of the things we do?
Will there be any warnings?
“I know your deeds, your hard work and your perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate wicked men, that you have tested those who claim to be apostles but are not, and have found them false. You have persevered and have endured hardships for my name, and have not grown weary.” (2-3)
“Yet this you have: you hate the works of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.”(6)
What kind of attributes do we find in this church?
Jesus first commends them for being a hard working church. “I know that you have the zeal for preaching the TRUTH. I know that you are not tolerating false teachers. I know that you do have good doctrines. I know that your teachings are right and biblical” (Acts 20:28-31). Even Paul instructed Timothy to stop false teachers from teaching in Ephesus. (1 Tim 1:3). In verse 6 we read the name of one of those false teachers, Nicolaitans, about whom we will hear more later in the message to the church of Pergamum (2:15).
Jesus first commends them for being a church that perseveres and endures persecution. It seems the pagan society persecuted the church because of the church’s faithfulness to the Gospel. Let me remind you how Paul was persecuted by the Jews in the synagogue, as well as by the Gentile merchants who profited from the tourists who came to see the temple of Artemis. Neither false teachers nor persecution discouraged this church.
It looks like a good, solid, active church. What was wrong with it?
Yet, and yet… I hold this against you: You have forsaken your first love (4)
After all the good qualities for a church to have (hard work, zeal for speaking the truth, not compromising with the values of the world, not compromising their doctrine with false teaching, standing firm in their faith against persecution) yet they have lost an important thing: their first love, their passion for Christ, their inner fire towards Christ, their FIRST LOVE for Him.
What kind of Love?
Is it Love towards God or Love towards the neighbor? It is not mentioned here. I believe love towards the neighbor and love towards believers are driven by our Love towards God. John writes in his letter “If anyone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen” (1 John 4:20). This was the problem they faced. It looked great on the outside, but it was cold inside.
It reminds me of the love relationship between married couples. You fall in love and you get married. How fragile do our relationships become when somehow love is lost during the years? How awkward are relationships when there is no passion to love the other?
Jesus gives three Commands:
“Remember the height from which you have fallen! Repent and do the things you did at first. If you do not repent,”(5)
Three verbs: remember, repent, repeat (do things)
1. They are to remember how life was when they first met Christ, the passion and the zeal that they had towards Him.
2. They should repent, and turn to God. “Restore the JOY of my salvation” is our yearly topic. David was an active king serving God, yet he lost his passion for God because of his sins. As a church, we all need to repent and turn to God.
3. They should repeat and live the life they used to live. It is important to stop a minute and ask: “Do we need to do all these activities? Why are we doing all this? Did we compromise our Love towards God and it was replaced by activities? Do I need all these unnecessary pressure that I created around my life?”
Warning:
“I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place.” (5b)
If Ephesus refuses to hear Jesus, there will be consequences. They will cease from existence. Today not only the church does not exist, they city of Ephesus is gone, and archeologists are working to bring back the lost city.
Conclusion:
“He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes, I will give the right to eat from the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.”(7)
Who is the overcomer? He/she is the one who has the ear to listen and obey what Jesus is saying. In our context, he/she is the one who maintains the first love, who remembers and repents, and lives the new life accordingly prioritizing the church’s ministry and mission.
What does it mean for us today?
I am worried that in the daily work of the church I have the temptation to stay active but forget my first love for God. While I was preparing this message, I asked myself, “Is my first love for Jesus still active in me?” Then I asked myself, “Does CACC have its first love for Jesus?”
Last weekend I was in Kansas. I went back to my homecoming. Yes that was the place that prepared me to go back and serve with music. That was the place where I grew up in my faith. That was the place that shaped my vision to serve God. It was nice to be in a place where life was simpler and slower. A place where people greeted you even though they do not know you.
I look to our life in the Bay Area and the rush that we live worry me. How much is the world penetrating in our life-style? Where is the limit to say No to unlimited hours of work, and say Yes to things that bring us back to our first love?
What makes us lose our first love? Perhaps during the week we live in a world of fantasies that promise us a good life. Let me quote from a friend who is pastor at the PBCC, a local church. “The dangerous fantasies from those fed us by Madison Avenue, by Wall Street, and Sand Hill Road. These fantasies arouse longings that disease our minds and hearts. They have all the appearance of reality, but they are fantasies.”
We are bombarded with these fantasies. We meet on Sunday to reconstruct our mind which is fed for six days with these lies. We live in a deceptive world. The reality of life hits us when suddenly an accident, a sickness, a shocking event… comes to our home, and we are awakened to see life with new eyeglasses.
We don’t need those to be awakened. The message is clear to us. I started the message with the letter we got from Jesus. We just read that letter and it is addressed to each one of us. Please ask this question:” Have I lost my love?”
Let us sing the Irish song “Be Thou My Vision.”
He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.
Amen
Rev. Nerses Balabanian,
Calvary Armenian Congregational Church, San Francisco
Haigazian University Celebrates its Founders’ Day
Haigazian University celebrated its Founders’ Day on Monday, October 17, 2011, in the presence of the its Board members, faculty, staff and students. The ceremony started with the processional march and the Lebanese national anthem, followed by the invocation offered by the campus minister, Rev. Greg Lee-Parker. Haigazian University remembered its “55th Anniversary Year” in a striking PowerPoint presentation, depicting the broad range and diversity of the university’s events over the past year.
Every year since 1996 the student body of Haigazian University has elected a worthy student to represent them and following this annual tradition,Student Life Director Antranik Dakessian presented the Student of the Year 2011, TalarMandoyan, who shared her experiences of growth and fulfillment at Haigazian University.
Addressing the students in the audience, Mandoyan urged them to play an active role in the student life at the university, balancing academics with extracurricular activities.
“My advice to you is to take advantage of every second that you have. It’s about the new family that you are forming, the family of Haigazian,” Mandoyan concluded.
After a short musical interlude, including a beautiful piano piece of international Armenian composer Aram Khatchadourian, graciously played by student Maria Lena Kissoyan, and a vocal performance of Mariah Carey’s “Hero” by student Nanor Madjarian,Haigazian University President Rev. Dr. Paul Haidostian delivered an inspiring speech, honoring the founders of the university and looking towards the future.
Haidostian paid tribute to four of the university’s founders: Stephen Mehagian, Stephen Philibosian, Rev. PuzantKalfayan and Rev. Hovhannes Aharonian. Highlighting the struggles and successes of these men, Haidostian described them as “people of faith and dedication who turned disaster into new life and opportunity.”
Turning his attention to the current students of Haigazian University, Haidostian emphasized their role in developing and impacting each other and their society. “Beyond serving ourselves, we already have a mission for the betterment of our world: our friends and families, community and country,” he explained.
Encouraging the youth to “grow and learn and give more good fruit in the future,” Haidostian concluded his speech by underscoring the importance of institutions like Haigazianin helping to foster this development, as they have been doing for the past 56 years.
The keynote address was delivered by Mrs. Laure Sleiman Saab, Director of the National News Agency in Lebanon, which has just celebrated its 50th year.
Saaab expressed her gratitude for being invited to this honorable event and congratulated the university on its 56th anniversary.
Taking the university motto to heart, Saab stressed on the importance of truth, freedom and service as they apply in various circles of life, whether it be schools, universities or the media.
Afterwards, President Haidostian presented Saab with a plaque of appreciation and congratulations for the 50 years of service of the National News Agency. Saab in turn presented Haidostian with a historical book featuring images of Lebanon between 1961 and 2011.
At the conclusion of the ceremony everyone rose to sing the university’s Alma Mater, which was followed by the recessional.
Addressing the students in the audience, Mandoyan urged them to play an active role in the student life at the university, balancing academics with extracurricular activities.
“My advice to you is to take advantage of every second that you have. It’s about the new family that you are forming, the family of Haigazian,” Mandoyan concluded.
After a short musical interlude, including a beautiful piano piece of international Armenian composer Aram Khatchadourian, graciously played by student Maria Lena Kissoyan, and a vocal performance of Mariah Carey’s “Hero” by student Nanor Madjarian,Haigazian University President Rev. Dr. Paul Haidostian delivered an inspiring speech, honoring the founders of the university and looking towards the future.
Haidostian paid tribute to four of the university’s founders: Stephen Mehagian, Stephen Philibosian, Rev. PuzantKalfayan and Rev. Hovhannes Aharonian. Highlighting the struggles and successes of these men, Haidostian described them as “people of faith and dedication who turned disaster into new life and opportunity.”
Turning his attention to the current students of Haigazian University, Haidostian emphasized their role in developing and impacting each other and their society. “Beyond serving ourselves, we already have a mission for the betterment of our world: our friends and families, community and country,” he explained.
Encouraging the youth to “grow and learn and give more good fruit in the future,” Haidostian concluded his speech by underscoring the importance of institutions like Haigazianin helping to foster this development, as they have been doing for the past 56 years.
The keynote address was delivered by Mrs. Laure Sleiman Saab, Director of the National News Agency in Lebanon, which has just celebrated its 50th year.
Saaab expressed her gratitude for being invited to this honorable event and congratulated the university on its 56th anniversary.
Taking the university motto to heart, Saab stressed on the importance of truth, freedom and service as they apply in various circles of life, whether it be schools, universities or the media.
Afterwards, President Haidostian presented Saab with a plaque of appreciation and congratulations for the 50 years of service of the National News Agency. Saab in turn presented Haidostian with a historical book featuring images of Lebanon between 1961 and 2011.
At the conclusion of the ceremony everyone rose to sing the university’s Alma Mater, which was followed by the recessional.
Հայաստանի Հանրապետութեան Մշակոյթի Նախարարութիւնը Կը Պարգեւատրէ՝ Տիկ. Շողակաթ Աբարդեան-Սելիմեանին
Dr. Knel Tourian on “A Road Map for Armenia to Face Its Future Energy Demands”
On Friday October 21, 2011, Haigazian University organized a lecture on developing renewable energy resources in Armenia.
After some welcoming remarks the main speaker was introduced by Haigazian University Physics Professor, Dr. Hratch Barsoumian.The lecturer for this event was Dr. Knel TourIan, a Princeton graduate who has worked for many years in the field of energy research, particularly renewable energy sources.
Tourian began his presentation by discussing the challenges that Armenia has in finding natural resources, being limited to hydropower from the Sevan Lake and the Vorotan Cascade. He also emphasized the problems and controversy surrounding nuclear energy before suggesting a solution.
Tourian, who has received several awards for his work, including a Distinguished Service Award from the US Federal Laboratory Consortium, organized a team with the Danish Energy Management Company to make a strategic plan on how to develop the renewable energy resources of Armenia over the next 10 years.
This plan, according to Tourian, should be able to provide up to 500MW of power to the country by 2020, mainly through the use of small hydro power plants and solar energy.
Tourian concluded by revealing that the results of this study, which was funded by the World Bank, were presented to the Armenian government and he is hopeful of Armenia’s “green” energy future.
Tourian began his presentation by discussing the challenges that Armenia has in finding natural resources, being limited to hydropower from the Sevan Lake and the Vorotan Cascade. He also emphasized the problems and controversy surrounding nuclear energy before suggesting a solution.
Tourian, who has received several awards for his work, including a Distinguished Service Award from the US Federal Laboratory Consortium, organized a team with the Danish Energy Management Company to make a strategic plan on how to develop the renewable energy resources of Armenia over the next 10 years.
This plan, according to Tourian, should be able to provide up to 500MW of power to the country by 2020, mainly through the use of small hydro power plants and solar energy.
Tourian concluded by revealing that the results of this study, which was funded by the World Bank, were presented to the Armenian government and he is hopeful of Armenia’s “green” energy future.
ՈՒՏԵՍՏԵՂԷՆԻ ՅԱՏՈՒԿ ԴԱՍԸՆԹԱՑՔ
Don't beg for compassion, it will backfire by Shushan Artinian
Announcement: 60th Anniversary Banquet of the Armenian Evangelical P. & E. Torosian School
Առաջնորդութիւնը Աստուածային Տուրք Է, Առաջնորդ Պատրաստելը՝ Կոչում
God’s amazing, unexpected love and the need for forgiveness
“By sin man’s whole nature is perverted and infected with self-will and self-love” (Group of Anglican Evangelicals). Any honest individual must admit this to be right. But before going any deeper in the topic, let’s first analyze the true nature of Humankind, which people often avoid.
Philosophers through the centuries have analyzed the sinful, evil nature of humanity. Dag Hammarskjӧld, a Swedish Nobel Peace Prize winner and author, has written, “It’s our perversity which makes our unselfish service of others the foundation of our own self-esteem”. This makes us wonder whether all our actions and characteristics are based on pride and self-esteem or not. For example, when we make a big donation to our Church or any other organization, don’t we expect our name to be read out loud or printed for everybody to hear or read? Or even our name to be hung where everybody can see it? As the great philosopher Thomas Hobbes had once stated, "Thus, in my view, the first principle of human behavior is egoism, or self-interest, and it is this egoism, that was the root of all social conflict." To contradict this saying would be to contradict one’s self.
In this context, Martin Luther King has said, “homo in se incurvatus”, which means “man curved in on himself”. Every desire of Humankind is to lift oneself up, the good of others come second place. The human perversity is so great that we even use God to achieve our ends.
Emil Brunner, a Swiss Theologian, has observed, “A superficial person is one who has not yet perceived that evil is entwined with the very roots of one’s personality”. We can see how Sin is truly integrated in the essence of our life and personality. Brunner’s definition of Sin is such a profound one: “Sin is the desire for the autonomy of man; therefore, in the last resort, it is the denial of God and self-deification. It is getting rid of the Lord God and the proclamation of self-sovereignty”. Every human being wants and thinks he/she can accomplish his/her desires, so one puts immediately himself/herself above all else and therefore wants to get rid of God and put oneself in the Supreme Being’s place. This might sound hard to digest but if one really comes to think of it, that’s how serious the case of Sin is.
After this brief analysis of humanity we can see the impossibility of being accepted in the eyes of God and the need for Atonement arises.
It is at that moment when we realize the evil of Sin, and we come to know the blinding holiness of the Lord, that we face reality and the need for forgiveness and ask ourselves this question: “How can I, a lost and guilty sinner, stand before a just and a holy God?” We can see examples of characters in the Bible that couldn’t stand the blinding holiness of God: “Moses was afraid to look at God, and so he hid his face” (Exodus 3:6); “I realized I was seeing the brightness of the Lord’s glory! So I bowed with my face to the ground, and just then I heard a voice speaking to me” (Ezekiel 1:28); still “When I saw him, I fell at his feet like a dead person” (Revelation 1:7).
If you think this is so overwhelming just wait. The one and only way we are accepted in God’s eyes is through his unexpected, awesome love that He has for us. How can someone like God love us after we, mere creatures, have tried to take His majestic place so many times? This is the incredible aspect of God’s love towards us. The amazing aspect of this love is that the Lord wants to take the initiative to show us His path of forgiveness and love as Paul said to the Corinthians, “What we mean is that God was in Christ, offering peace and forgiveness to the people of this world” (2 Corinthians 5:19). If this isn’t overwhelming and flabbergasting, I don’t know what is.
Who wants to show kindness and love to an awful person or to his enemy? It is hard, but our Lord did it, “Even when we were God’s enemies, he made peace with us, because his Son died for us” (Romans 5:10).
Finally, John 3:16 has much more content than we think. “God loved the people of this world so much that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who has faith in him will have eternal life and never really die”. When light shines upon us we become secondary sources and project light as well. In the same way, Christ showed His love to the world. It is our duty to show this unexpected, amazing love to everyone else.
Vahé Jébéjian
Philosophers through the centuries have analyzed the sinful, evil nature of humanity. Dag Hammarskjӧld, a Swedish Nobel Peace Prize winner and author, has written, “It’s our perversity which makes our unselfish service of others the foundation of our own self-esteem”. This makes us wonder whether all our actions and characteristics are based on pride and self-esteem or not. For example, when we make a big donation to our Church or any other organization, don’t we expect our name to be read out loud or printed for everybody to hear or read? Or even our name to be hung where everybody can see it? As the great philosopher Thomas Hobbes had once stated, "Thus, in my view, the first principle of human behavior is egoism, or self-interest, and it is this egoism, that was the root of all social conflict." To contradict this saying would be to contradict one’s self.
In this context, Martin Luther King has said, “homo in se incurvatus”, which means “man curved in on himself”. Every desire of Humankind is to lift oneself up, the good of others come second place. The human perversity is so great that we even use God to achieve our ends.
Emil Brunner, a Swiss Theologian, has observed, “A superficial person is one who has not yet perceived that evil is entwined with the very roots of one’s personality”. We can see how Sin is truly integrated in the essence of our life and personality. Brunner’s definition of Sin is such a profound one: “Sin is the desire for the autonomy of man; therefore, in the last resort, it is the denial of God and self-deification. It is getting rid of the Lord God and the proclamation of self-sovereignty”. Every human being wants and thinks he/she can accomplish his/her desires, so one puts immediately himself/herself above all else and therefore wants to get rid of God and put oneself in the Supreme Being’s place. This might sound hard to digest but if one really comes to think of it, that’s how serious the case of Sin is.
After this brief analysis of humanity we can see the impossibility of being accepted in the eyes of God and the need for Atonement arises.
It is at that moment when we realize the evil of Sin, and we come to know the blinding holiness of the Lord, that we face reality and the need for forgiveness and ask ourselves this question: “How can I, a lost and guilty sinner, stand before a just and a holy God?” We can see examples of characters in the Bible that couldn’t stand the blinding holiness of God: “Moses was afraid to look at God, and so he hid his face” (Exodus 3:6); “I realized I was seeing the brightness of the Lord’s glory! So I bowed with my face to the ground, and just then I heard a voice speaking to me” (Ezekiel 1:28); still “When I saw him, I fell at his feet like a dead person” (Revelation 1:7).
If you think this is so overwhelming just wait. The one and only way we are accepted in God’s eyes is through his unexpected, awesome love that He has for us. How can someone like God love us after we, mere creatures, have tried to take His majestic place so many times? This is the incredible aspect of God’s love towards us. The amazing aspect of this love is that the Lord wants to take the initiative to show us His path of forgiveness and love as Paul said to the Corinthians, “What we mean is that God was in Christ, offering peace and forgiveness to the people of this world” (2 Corinthians 5:19). If this isn’t overwhelming and flabbergasting, I don’t know what is.
Who wants to show kindness and love to an awful person or to his enemy? It is hard, but our Lord did it, “Even when we were God’s enemies, he made peace with us, because his Son died for us” (Romans 5:10).
Finally, John 3:16 has much more content than we think. “God loved the people of this world so much that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who has faith in him will have eternal life and never really die”. When light shines upon us we become secondary sources and project light as well. In the same way, Christ showed His love to the world. It is our duty to show this unexpected, amazing love to everyone else.
Vahé Jébéjian