True Love

"My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that he lay his life down for his friends."  John 15:12-13

Love is a hard word,
easy to say,
difficult to prove;

impossible to overcome.

It is a word I have used many times
without true understanding,
without complete comprehension
of just what it was saying,
a word filled with endless
meaning and possibility,
yet so much bigger
than my ability to fulfill,
full of such magnificent intent,
but used for all the wrong reasons.

True love overcomes all obstacles,
true love never gives up or quits,
true love goes beyond
physical barriers,
true love comes but rarely
in the lives of men;

true love comes from God.

“Greater love has no one than this,
that he lay down his life for his friends.”

More than words
by the One who lived them,
more than empty promises
by the One who provided the way.

The One who gave us
the perfect example,
the One who made
all things possible,
the One who holds the answers,
the One who is truth,
the One who is light;

the One who is love.

The great I AM,
the Lord of all creation,
the holy King of the universe;

the Master of us all.
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