Do you know what love is?
A feeling of burning passion to another;
The penalty of lifelong commitment;
A flawed theory of eternal infatuation;
Or maybe less hatred than you thought indwelled.
Do you know where to find it?
In the crush once thought to be faultless;
In the house that used to be a home;
In the crowd that knew how to smile;
Or in the only one that made you laugh all these years.
Do you know what love is?
A captive’s compassion
A father’s great concern
An intoxicating desire
A brotherly kiss
Mercy for the enemy
Perhaps.
For love is as strong as death, its jealousy unyielding as the grave.
Death sweeps everything away. It yields to no one and you cannot escape its power.
So with love, like a blazing fire it cannot be quenched.
‘This is how we know what love is; Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.” I John 3:16
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