Love Loves

Love loves

and we cannot turn it down

We may turn away from it

Utter excuses of unworthiness

Feeling justified then

in our rejection of it,

or our disappointment in it

But love loves

in spite of us

...we cannot turn it down

This is why Jesus came

to teach us how to love

Then imperfection

can put on perfection

not because of who we are

But because of who He is

Thereby

Love loves

and we cannot turn it down

In spite of what we think

or do

or say

or think we ought to think

or do

 or say

Love loves

and we may turn away from it

But

we cannot turn it down

We would always be unworthy

but for Jesus

His love allows us to say 'yes'

in spite of ourselves...

in our weaknesses,
In our brokenness

in shortcomings,

in our gross need

of forgiveness

He so loves us

as we ought to love one another

We cannot turn it down

In spite of our unworthiness

We can say 'yes'

'Yes' to His strength,
'Yes' to His healing,

'Yes' to His fulness

'Yes' to His grace

Because the Father of Love

Is perfect

Filling with worth

our flawed imitations

of Love

Janet~

 By this the love of God was manifested in us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world so that we might live through Him. In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.…1 John 4:9-11

Since someone handed words of appreciation and love back to me with a 'no thank-you', siting shortcomings and weaknesses as reasons, I have been pondering Love.
If we wait until we are without weakness or imperfection then no one could love or be loved
until Heaven!