I’ve been pondering all week what to write for my Thankful Thursday poem and couldn’t think of anything. Then tonight I followed a link from a comment on my Wednesday poem and came to a post titled “Let’s Talk Love.” The blogger pointed out that God is love (which is actually one of my favorite Bible verses – 1 John 4:8). It reminded me how thankful I am for love. Without it this life wouldn’t be worth living. So I decided to write my Thankful Thursday poem about love.
Love
Your love is patient
each time I fail
For all my sins
You bore the nails
Your love remembers not
the sins of today
but chooses to forgive
and provide a way
Your love is the truth
that provides the light
to guide my life
help me do what is right
Your love protects me
from the evil one
As You hung on the cross
You declared all was done
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
1 Corinthians 13:4-7 (NIV).