"Love never fails."
- I Corinthians
How is this
possible?
Are you telling me that
when I love
I will always
get what I want,
what I need,
what I
deserve?
No,
what I am saying
is that when you love
you have no wants,
you have no needs,
you have no expectations
of what you deserve
from someone,
or
something
else.
You are full...
of Love.
Love never fails
to delight,
to demand your best,
to require the extra mile,
unflinching faith,
unfailing hope...
In this,
that there
is a Love never fails to
breathe life into
your heart and
resurrect your hopes
true Love
is all about the
act of loving
and nothing
can deprive you of
fulfilling this --
your
mission and
purpose --
to love
No one can stop you
from loving
who,
and what,
you love
They can stop themselves
from returning
your love,
but that is not
your business...
that is theirs.
We are
each filled with the
power to love
not
the
hunger to
be the
object of
the loving.
we are
completely fulfilled
just in the loving,
not by how it is received,
or reciprocated.
If success is measured
by the doing,
the being,
the living and breathing of
itself
then "to love"
is
enough.
It is
empowering,
rewarding,
satisfying...
it is more
than
enough
for you
to know
why the
caged bird
sings,
a mother
watches
at the window
long into
the night,
a Master
served,
a King
marched,
and the sun never
asks
the earth
to say
thank you
it is enough
to shine,
to watch,
to serve,
to march,
to sing,
to write,
to love...
"...Love cannot be
deprived of
its manifestation
or object."
~ Mary Baker Eddy
"I will walk
within my house
with a
perfect
heart."
- Psalms
I cannot
promise
that I will never
make
mistakes or
fumble when I am
afraid,
but this I
vow
I will make my
heart a temple,
a manger,
a simple cabin in
the woods,
a grand palace,
a novitiates
cell
for You
here is where I will
worship
and serve
this is the sanctuary
where all my
devotion lies
waiting for Your calling,
eager to be sent,
whispering,
"here am I,
send me..."
into the deep
silence of
a wordless prayer
I will no longer
pace the rooftop
or march with armies,
stalk an
enemy
or meander with
friends
I will not run
from
Your voice,
or skulk
in despair
my heart is
Your kingdom
my heart is
Your palace,
Your banquet room,
Your council chamber,
Your throne
here You
alone
are
Sovereign
and I...
I am
Your liege,
Your handmaiden,
Your servant
and squire
I will walk within
my house,
my consciousness of
Your Love...
with a perfect heart --
a heart made
perfect
by
You
"...and I will
dwell in the house,
the consciousness of Love,
forever."
~ Mary Baker Eddy
"...And Jesus went forth
and was moved with compassion
toward them..."
- Matthew
Master,
where are you
going?
The synagogue is in
the other direction
the rabbi is waiting for
us and
you have a message
to deliver
Master,
don't go over there
they are
sick,
halt,
bowed together,
taken with fever,
they are
frightened,
frantic,
their children are hungry,
their eyes are
dull,
blind,
voices
mute,
all
waiting for the
moving of
the water,
they are
leprous as snow,
twisted with palsy,
foreigners,
angry,
weeping,
unlearned,
hopeless
strangers
not like you,
not like us
in fact,
some of them are
even
sinners...
Master,
Master...
the Pharisees,
the Sadducees,
the scribes and priests
the rabbis,
for goodness sake,
the rabbis
are gathered
in the
temple
they are all waiting
for you
they want to
ask you questions
finally,
finally...
there, you can teach
there, you can preach
there, right there
in the temple
you can sit with
the elders and
share your
thoughts
don't let the
masses throng you,
wrinkle your robes,
trample the hem of your garment
don't expose yourself
keep yourself
free of
contagion,
infestation,
complication,
fear,
doubt...
the rabbis know the scripture
they've read the prophecy
of your coming,
they are waiting...
Master,
where are you going?
where am
I going?
why,
toward
them
of
course
my heart
is moving
toward
them
toward
them,
toward
them...
"...and he healed
their sick."
~ ibid.
