Searching for Love - A Better Way (Poem)
The
supreme commandment is ‘To Love’ - a word so emotive,
The highest expression of which is to give and also forgive.
Yet in looking for love, we accent that which ‘I want, I need.’
In a society that’s not moved by Love, as much as ‘iGreed’.
The highest expression of which is to give and also forgive.
Yet in looking for love, we accent that which ‘I want, I need.’
In a society that’s not moved by Love, as much as ‘iGreed’.
We look
for love in similar manner and conduct,
As done in searching for a consumer product!
Armed with checklists, we hit the familiar circuits:
The streets, clubs, bars, the web and even the churches.
As done in searching for a consumer product!
Armed with checklists, we hit the familiar circuits:
The streets, clubs, bars, the web and even the churches.
We
carefully assess, all reasonable prospects,
Adjusting our lists, keeping our feelings in check.
Then, KA-BANG! Against our lists we commit high treason,
By falling in love with someone, for e-v-e-r-y wrong reason!
Adjusting our lists, keeping our feelings in check.
Then, KA-BANG! Against our lists we commit high treason,
By falling in love with someone, for e-v-e-r-y wrong reason!
We
rationalize, stretch and ignore all warning signs,
That this may not be ‘The One’, so then ... we whine.
With ourselves we writhe, wrestle and wrangle,
Until, convinced, we forge ahead, getting more entangled!
That this may not be ‘The One’, so then ... we whine.
With ourselves we writhe, wrestle and wrangle,
Until, convinced, we forge ahead, getting more entangled!
The next
steps seem so easy and natural to do,
So to our rational minds and lists we bid ‘Adieu!’
Then down our road of life, one day we awaken,
And ask ourselves, ‘How ever was I so overtaken?!’
So to our rational minds and lists we bid ‘Adieu!’
Then down our road of life, one day we awaken,
And ask ourselves, ‘How ever was I so overtaken?!’
Here is
a way such heart-ache can be avoided:
First, let your heart with Christ be corded.
In prayer to Him on your knees, don’t flounder,
Then extend loving Grace to all you encounter.
First, let your heart with Christ be corded.
In prayer to Him on your knees, don’t flounder,
Then extend loving Grace to all you encounter.
His angels
will work hard to prepare your mate.
And prepare you, too, while teaching you to wait.
As they usher him/her onto your life’s stage, hearts set alight,
Heed well, my Friend, this advice they may whisper as they take flight:
And prepare you, too, while teaching you to wait.
As they usher him/her onto your life’s stage, hearts set alight,
Heed well, my Friend, this advice they may whisper as they take flight:
‘Shun sinful weed seeds in your Garden of Delight.
Give GLORY to God, and walk before Him upright.
Sin
seeds planted before you join in marriage,
May
someday yield the fruit of marriage damage.’
