What Can I Say about Love?
Love is a choice,
a way of life,
a sacrifice.
It's a connection that can't be broken,
a purpose,
a light.
It's not about me and all about you.
It's your strength in my weakness.
It's a treasure
and truth.
Love knows and accepts me
for who I am
and inspires me to be better,
to be more,
it's why I wake
and what my heart beats for.
It's our greatest desire,
a need to give and receive.
It's a sharing,
a gift,
between you and me.
It's not just a feeling that warms our hearts
though warming it does
Love is going without that I may give
Love gives its own life that its beloved may live
Whatever you think love is
It's so much more
when our love is His
our lives redeemed,
our minds renewed,
and our hearts restored.
I wrote this poem 14 years ago. It's one of my favorites and with Valentines Day being this week, I thought it most appropriate to share today. It was my attempt to define the most precious and seemingly allusive treasure we have.
Love is amazing. It’s what we want most and it’ll cost us dearly for there can be no love without total abandonment to utter vulnerability. Too often, doubt and fear fools us into presenting a facade to shield against pain and grief. If I am blessed enough to receive love and am not wholly authentic then it’s not actually me who is receiving the love, but the inauthentic imposter I'm hiding behind.
The bible says that God is love and we know love because he demonstrated for us what love is. He has consistently shown us his love in scripture from Genesis through Revelation and will continue to do so in our everyday lives. His love is constant even in our doubt or defiance. Even if we try to hide behind the walls of our facades, he knows and sees the true, insecure, broken people we are and loves us wholly as we are. That's what love is.
a way of life,
a sacrifice.
It's a connection that can't be broken,
a purpose,
a light.
It's not about me and all about you.
It's your strength in my weakness.
It's a treasure
and truth.
Love knows and accepts me
for who I am
and inspires me to be better,
to be more,
it's why I wake
and what my heart beats for.
It's our greatest desire,
a need to give and receive.
It's a sharing,
a gift,
between you and me.
It's not just a feeling that warms our hearts
though warming it does
Love is going without that I may give
Love gives its own life that its beloved may live
Whatever you think love is
It's so much more
when our love is His
our lives redeemed,
our minds renewed,
and our hearts restored.
I wrote this poem 14 years ago. It's one of my favorites and with Valentines Day being this week, I thought it most appropriate to share today. It was my attempt to define the most precious and seemingly allusive treasure we have.
Love is amazing. It’s what we want most and it’ll cost us dearly for there can be no love without total abandonment to utter vulnerability. Too often, doubt and fear fools us into presenting a facade to shield against pain and grief. If I am blessed enough to receive love and am not wholly authentic then it’s not actually me who is receiving the love, but the inauthentic imposter I'm hiding behind.
The bible says that God is love and we know love because he demonstrated for us what love is. He has consistently shown us his love in scripture from Genesis through Revelation and will continue to do so in our everyday lives. His love is constant even in our doubt or defiance. Even if we try to hide behind the walls of our facades, he knows and sees the true, insecure, broken people we are and loves us wholly as we are. That's what love is.
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