Day 13

Hope is Love

1 Corinthians 13:4-7
"4.Love is patient, love is kind. It does not
envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
5. It does not dishonor others, it is not
self-seeking, it is not easily angered,
it keeps no record of wrongs.
6. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices
with the truth.
7. It always protects, always trusts, always
hopes, always perseveres. 

Love covers so many different things. 
The love of a child, the love of your spouse,
the love of God, the love of nature, the love
of music, loving our enemies, loving those who
hurt us.  The list goes on.
Forgiving unleashes the chains we
hold on those who have offended us.  Forgiving
ourselves is freeing.  There is so much I can say
about love so I will put it in a nut shell with
this poem I wrote taken from my Sunday Poetry.

Jesus nurtured his sheep
He told stories for you and me
of the love command to keep.
He asked Peter, "Do you love me?
Then feed my sheep."
Love is nurturing to set people free.
Loves conversion is to love
to tend to each others needs
Nurturing builds the Kingdom thereof.

We build Zion when we nurture with love.
Love is our hope.

                                                      Drawing by: Jeri Burt