LOVE is...

LOVE IS…
February 14, 2009

Love is patient…

This afternoon, I walked in the rain.
I raised my face into the sky and enjoyed the moment.
Why do we hate getting wet so much?
Perhaps we’ve forgotten how it feels
to dance in the rain.

Love is kind…

But today is Valentine’s Day.
It should have been bright, and sunny and full of cheer.
And as the rain continue to fall,
I wonder if people found Love enough
to warm their hearts.

It is not jealous…

I often wondered what it was like
to love and be loved in that special way.
Everyone’s talking about it.
And I sit and listen and hear them talk,
Having no stories of my own to share.
And I often wonder why…

It is not pompous…

Why am I not loved?
in that special way?
Why am I left behind, wondering and waiting…
Doubt and envy gnaws my heart.
I am not beautiful enough
To capture the heart of any man.

It is not inflated…

So every Valentine’s day, I watch them
People in two’s… People in love…
I watch them buy roses and give chocolates
I watch them walk with hands entwined
And I ask…

It is not rude…

Where are you?
I listen for your footsteps…
For the sound of your voice…
For I believe that the moment I lay my eyes on you,
I’ll know.
Have I not been waiting all my life?
But the silence mocks me.

It does not seek its own interests…

And then I met the Lord.
And He made me new.
And I gave Him my heart.
It was not a difficult decision to make.
No man had laid a claim.
So I gave it to Him gladly, without second thoughts…
I was happy, content…

It is not quick-tempered…

And more Valentine’s Day came.
But my heart was safe…
Secure…
For I knew that all things will come
Even love
In its own time.

It does not brood over injury…

But as the days and months and years passed
My promise became a chain
A burden… A room that boxed me in…
And more than once I wanted to break free…

It does not rejoice over wrongdoing…

At times it was a mask…
An excuse for being “loveless” for so long…
I was trapped in a lie.
Choice no longer had anything to do with it.
I was alone because nobody came.

But rejoices with the truth…

Often it was a face that turned my head
And the faces since then had not been a few
And some would break my heart a little
And some would just fade away…
And still I remain the same.

It bears all things…

The rain has stopped falling now.
It is Valentine’s Day.
And my heart is at peace.
For though I faltered
Though my love failed
More times than I can count
His love did not.

Believes all things…

I remember why I gave Him my heart in the first place.
And I remember the joy
Of what it means to truly be in love
My heart longs for that Love again

Hopes all things…

My love for Him is but a flickering flame,
But the fact that it flickers still
Is a testament in itself
Of the Love that would not let go.

Endures all things…

I wait for those footsteps still…
I wait for the heartbeat whose rhythm matches mine
And I try to grow in grace
To be ready for the love that was meant for me
before the beginning of Time.
But human love may elude me
And maybe it will not come.
Still, this I hold true...

Love never fails.

I am loved.