The young couple sat together and they gazed into each other’s eyes. One leaned toward the other, but the other hesitated and leaned away. “But, I love you,” the first spoke, “C’mon, it’s okay; you know I love you.”

The parent looked into the child’s eyes and said, “You understand that I did that because I love you?” The child held their swollen cheek and tried to nod. “And because I love you so much, it is my responsibility to teach you the difference between right and wrong.” The child tried to nod again. “But,” the parent said, “some people don’t understand what it means to love someone. So if anyone asks, you tell them that bruise came from your ballgame this afternoon; understand?”

The nation that says it is founded on God’s love and has almost unlimited material possessions, sometimes …