It Is Not Easy to Love

 

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It is not easy to love with utter abandon

Of self

To say ‘God, I believe You, I love You’

Then lie on the altar of sacrifice

It is not easy to profess His love

In full awareness of He

Who beholds the heart

...and we cannot open our hearts to love

while clenching fists

It is not easy to love

Until it hurts

And yet

That is the only Love

There is

© Janet Martin

The next time we say ‘I love you’ we should consider the cost

For love is not a feeling, but a laying down of our uttermost