Soliloquying
(syllogistic)
If God is love
And God is a spirit
Then it might, it should
Follow that love is a spirit
And that a spirit is love
There are times when matter
Matters more
The flower on a table
The open door
The favor no one asked for
Nothing for a show except
To say
What we should say
Love is a spirit
And in something like eternity
Materials are messages
I don’t know how they rack up
When it’s not a game
Though love should be fun
And sad
And hard, sometimes
Remembering to keep it small
Might help,
Remembering
The larger things, too
I guess I’m saying
Not because of me
Nonetheless
Spirit and matter
Keep it real
C L Couch
notes
John 4:24
God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.
1 John 4:8
He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
It might be synchronicity, more likely inspiration. The day before drafting this verse, I was reading Jane Dougherty’s excellent exegesis of two Scripture verses at Jane Dougherty Writes (https://janedougherty.wordpress.com/2020/05/21/gospel/). I so highly recommend her blog (https://janedougherty.wordpress.com/).
Photo by Ralf Skirr on Unsplash
clcouch123 
May 22, 2020 at 8:21 pm
Thanks for the mention; it’s kind of you.
Love is a funny thing, so hard to explain. Perhaps it doesn’t exist. People who think they love one another for years wake up one morning and decide they don’t.
My dog loves me, because animals don’t quibble. It’s all or nothing.
Whether God does, the jury’s out as far as I’m concerned. I have yet to see any evidence. Lot’s where he doesn’t seem to give a tinker’s cuss, but maybe I’m being unkind. He was busy, had a migraine…
May 22, 2020 at 8:22 pm
Please ignore surplus commas 🙂 Or save them for recycling.
May 23, 2020 at 10:06 pm
If the commas are there, I’ll be happy to recycle. More so I appreciate what you’re saying. A dog’s love is unconditional. Isn’t that impressive as well as wonderful? There certainly is evidence in the world that God doesn’t care about much for us. And the evidence of faith is unseen; that can get annoying and tiring.
May 24, 2020 at 7:25 pm
You need a lost comma tin 🙂