Love Suffers Long...And Is Kind

When love weighs hard upon the heart

And soft upon our tears

When it is at a loss for words

Save thought, God alone hears

When it is understood that love

Suffers long yet is kind

Then we begin to glimpse the love

The Author had in mind

When what we first perceived as love

Tests mortal uttermost

Then, then we have a chance to prove

Validity of boast

…and when we come to end of self

And what we thought we knew

Oh, praise God for His faithful help

His love will lead us through

© Janet Martin