But the greatest of these is love.

God loves me

                    so

                        I love Him

It  doesn't work the other way

I love God

               so

                   He loves me

Because He loves me anyway!

Our God is good

Our God is real

He knows exactly

How we feel

He knows what's inside

You and me

He died to set

All of us free

He rose again

And won the war

We are the ones

He did it for

The World is in chaos

And nothing is true

Except that Christ died

For me and for you

Today

I bought Jesus

A cup of tea

With five sugars

Because he was cold

Matthew 25:36

Beautiful but flawed

He sat there

Cushioned in his padded metal chair

Mostly oblivious to his surroundings

Occasionally touched by the nearby hand of love

He doesn’t see what we see

He sees angels

He doesn’t hear what we hear

He hears Heaven

And angels see him

And Heaven hears him

(I was moved to write this in Church where a severely disabled boy was brought to the service by his carers.)

The letters        L     O     V    and   E

Spell love  - as you well know

But if you love your children

Then you have to let it show

If you want to show you love them

So that they grow up to be free

You need to change the spelling

To                   T      I     M    and    E

Who is He ?

This being that I love

What is He ?

To take my heart

And keep my soul

He is my Master

And my Lord

The centre of my life

My reason for being

Everything I need

He weeps with me

When I weep

Shares my sorrow

He laughs at all my jokes

He shares my joy

He is my friend

My confidante

He shares my secrets

He knows just what I hide

Inside my head

He gave His life

That I might live

He suffered much

To pay the price

To set me free

Who is He ?

Thus being that I love

He is my God

And I can't say more

Because all I know is that

He is

            This blood that I sweat

            Is for all that you've done

            This sorrow and anguish

            I suffer for you

            This crown that I wear

            Is for all that you've done

            These thorns on my head

            I wear for you

            These stripes on my back

            Are for all that you've done

            The beating and insults

            I take for you

            These nails in my hands

            Are for all that you've done

            The spike through my feet

            I bear for you

            This spear in my side

            Is for all that you've done

            This pain and this suffering

            I feel for you

            This death that I die

            Is for all that you've done

            This darkness and terror

            I go through for you

            This rising is the victory

            Over all that you've done

            This life that I'm living

            I give to you !

God loves you so much

(Loving is giving)

He gave you His Son

(Dying yet living)

Jesus loves you so much

(Loving is giving)

He gave you His life

(Dying yet living)

We should love God so much

(Loving is giving)

We should give Him our lives

(Dying yet living)