Love
I thought love was one thing,
I thought it was an overwhelming emotion
A binding agent
A blinding agent
Something to abandon yourself for just to have a taste
Something that I knew I needed
I thought it was unconditional acceptance
That it never harshly corrected
That it only told me about the good and shielded me from the bad
But I learned love burns
It Consumes
It changes you
It tells you the truth
It corrects you and keeps you safe
It can be misunderstood but wants what's best from you
4Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud
5or rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged.
6It does not rejoice about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out. 7Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance.
Love saved me, lifted me, gave me a new name, became my father,
and taught me to show what it looked like to others
It wasn't easy and I was resistant, but love loved me enough to tell me the truth.
Because love lives I live
Because God loves I live
Because God is love I love
God's love
God is love
Love always wins