The Lord's Love

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The Lord’s Love

The Lord hovers like a mother eagle,

Watching her chicks as they prepare to fly,

We must choose to plunge into the unknown,

To risk the uncertainty of unaided flight.

 

Why should we worry and fret?

Our flight is not really unaided,

Ever is our God watching us,

Ready and able to come to our support.

He it is who upholds us,

Who clears a pathway before us,

He alone sees the way that we must go,

And the detours we will take.

He plans the way for us,

And makes the necessary adjustments

To return us to His path,

When we wander.

He does not wring His hands in despair,

At our meanderings,

As we rush ahead thinking we know best,

He knows His little child.

He picks us up and dusts us off,

Turns us again to point in His direction,

And sets us off with a pat on the head,

Or maybe the backside !

His chastisement is not to punish,

But to teach.

He does not knock down and flatten,

But prods us to move ever on in Him.

His love is unfathomable, unearned,

And unearnable.

We do not have to strive to please Him,

He is pleased that we exist.

We were His idea in the first place,

He chose us for companionship,

He loves us in a way we can not understand,

Only try to accept and enjoy.

Why do we attempt to hide from His love,

Yet desire it from the depths of our being?

He will not deny or reject us,

Though we run from Him.

He sees deeper than we see ourselves,

Knows our reasons and excuses,

Sees the thorns and festering wounds,

And is relentless in His pursuit.

He will not force our hand, our will,

Yet He is ever present before us.

When we think we hide, He is there,

Ever watching, essential Love.

He waits, patiently, for us to cease our flight,

To turn and face our fear,

To see not anger and recrimination,

Just Love.

To see not disapproval,

Disappointment and disgust,

But Love,

And His smile.

He loves us because He Is,

We Are, His choosing,

He Is the God of Now,

Now, we are His people.

We do not need to understand His love,

Rationalise, dissect, explain it,

His thoughts and ways are so much higher than ours,

We could not explain them, if we tried.

So what have we to do with this love our God holds out?

Accept it, enjoy it, live in it,

Forever Praise and Thank Him for it,

And share it around !!

© 22/3/03