What Is Love?

                Joy is Love singing as soft as the rain
                Sympathy is Love touching people in pain
                 
                Charity is Love reaching those who have need
                Healing is Love binding wounds when they bleed
                 
                Courage is Love unafraid of the night
                Discernment is Love knowing which things are right
                 
                Pain within Love asks us that we endure
                Christ is the Love that will hold us secure
                 
                Poetry is Love through the ink of our art
                Music is Love gently rocking the heart
                 
                Thunder is Love shouting out in the storm
                A sunset is Love that is glowing and warm
                 
                The stars are Love shining through darkest of night
                The moon is Love glowing, reflecting sunlight
                 
                Laughter is Love smiling even through tears
                Hope is the Love that sustains through the years
                 
                Faith is the Love which trusts God and His Word
                Peace is Love resting with hope reassured
                 
                Compassion is Love as it demonstrates care
                Angels are Love on the wings of a prayer
                 
                Forgiveness is Love that would take away sin,
                thereby cleansing our hearts from the stain hid within
                 
                Giving is Love showing true charity
                God's grace is the Love that's as vast as the sea
                 
                Jesus is Love that came down to this earth
                His gift is the Love that gives us a new birth

                Anne Hamon
                © 1996

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