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Monday, April 29, 2024

Until We Love Each Other More...

 From Robert Lee Brewer @ Writer's Digest...

Tomorrow is the final day of this challenge, but remember:
This challenge ain't over until it's over, so...
For today's prompt, take the phrase "Until (blank),"
replace the blank with a new word or phrase,
make the new phrase the title of your poem,
and then, write your poem.








It's easy to love the 'easy to love'.
But, not everyone or everything is
easy to love, in turn, turning life into a
big lesson-book!


Until we love each other more and cling to grudges less
And take care never to ignore or neglect promises
Until we gently contemplate our words before we speak
And rather than retaliate, we turn the other cheek
Until no envy-twinges sting when others steal the show
That we worked very hard to bring about. Until we sow
Aware that we will reap. Until the onus of return
Impacts the seeds we spill; it seems we still have much to learn

Until we live to give all that we can to life’s demands
With empathy for fellowman, with open hearts and hands
Until we pray more than we do and fret a little less
And weigh the wants that we pursue for more than happiness
Until we kindly reverence the Giver of our days
Mindful of worship’s Recompense by what our actions praise
Until we do not slight or spurn the things that God esteems
We still have so much yet to learn, of hopes and plans and dreams

Until we have mastered the art of humble gratefulness
Until we are purer in heart and start to grumble less
Until we smile more than we pout/shout and befriend more than feud
And walk a second mile without reluctant attitude
Until we cherish what we have while it is within reach
And, unafraid of mistakes, brave the lessons life must teach
Until kindness does not keep score or wait for its return
Until we love each other more, we still have much to learn

Until we want for others, more than we want for ourselves
Until no secret cupboards groan with miser’s laden shelves
Until love has nothing to hide, each motive boldly bared
Until longing is satisfied because blessing is shared
Until we realize that joy is the flipside of grief
Until the pursuits we employ are rooted in Belief
Until we recognize Dawn’s Door is hinged to Twilight’s Urn
And start to love each other more, we still have much to learn

© Janet Martin

John 13:34
A new commandment I give you: 
Love one another. 
As I have loved you, so you also must love one another.

John 15:17
This is My command to you: Love one another.

Romans 12:10
Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. 
Outdo yourselves in honoring one another.

Romans 13:8
Be indebted to no one, except to one another in love.
 For he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.

Romans 13:10
Love does no wrong to its neighbor. 
Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law

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