Love With A Cost

Because I love you, I sacrifice.

I give up the I for you.

Even when it hurts, I endure the lies, the betrayal, and being spit on. 

Because I love you, I sacrifice. 

I sacrifice my innoncence becoming vulnerable, opened and unshamed.

Because I love you, I choose to endure the pain of being mocked and beaten.

Beaten to the point of not being able to be identified. 

Because I love you, I should be accepted by the truth I carry and honored by my name.

Because I love you, Jesus I should believe your endurance cost you, your life. 

Because you loved me, you accepted the ugliness of me making it beautiful.