first through last message
I don’t know what
to say to you
today
which I know I say many times
at least
to me
but I don’t
I could speak of a-gap-e
the kind of love
that has no terms except to manifest
itself
the kind that comes from God
as all that’s good has come
from God
while evil is allowed
for now
and agape ruins that agenda if it seems
that evil wins for now
since
that is the illusion
that what is bad is victorious
and lasting
which is
regardless
how I feel sometimes
and maybe you do
too
from time to time
but what is bad will not persist
and what is love continues
to be chosen
as
it’s always available
as it’s in us
and as we decide
not only dwells but gets out
rather well
sometimes in surprise
always
in small wonder
if
sussed
yet it’s real and even ordinary
that is
to the loving
maybe is confounding to the wrong
who are loved
anyway
and
wrong’s agenda
which we may not love
so much
but
by praying for confiners
when
confined
who is confined
as far as victory might have to be
concerned
then
love wins
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In Ev’ry Condition
Something spiritual
That
God is love
And that
This is
The hardest thing to know
The strongest
And most difficult
To know
And to apply
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Charity
(for normal people)
The old King James word
For love
It can permeate
In the old-fashioned way
A cloud of knowing
For a change
When giving has a cost
It isn’t easy
Whether it’s largesse
Or widows’ mites
Giving ‘til it hurts
I question if there is
Meaning in that
But giving as a passion
New kind of love
Not ‘til there’s nothing
There will come new rounds
But with awareness
There is feeling
There is healing
Florence Nightingale
Who sang not her praises
But encouragement
While wandering the battlefield
Clara Barton in the USA
Doing the same
Could you give that away?
I couldn’t
But I have a mite, maybe two mites
Someone may have one
It wouldn’t hurt
(so much)
Especially if I knew the story
I know, there is belief
Cynics are smart
And should have their way
While everything is suspect now
So it might turn from mindful giving
Into something mindless
Sometimes
Sometimes
Give anyway?
There might be something
In surprises
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and is that the world turning in the center
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