What is Love?

What is love?

No words can define it.

It's something so great

Only God could design it...

Wonder of Wonders,

Beyond man's conception,

And only in God

Can love find true perfection.

For love means much more

Than small words can express,

For what man calls love

Is so very much less

Than the beauty and depth

And the true richness of

God's gift to mankind ~

His compassionate love.

For love has become

A word that's misused,

Perverted, distorted

And often abused...

To speak of "light romance"

Or some affinity for

A passing attraction

That is seldom much more

Than a mere interlude

Of inflamed fascination,

A romantic fling

Of no lasting duration.

But love is enduring

And patient and kind,

It judges all things

With the heart, not the mind.

And love can transform

The most commonplace

Into beauty and splendor

And sweetness and grace.

For love is unselfish,

Giving more than it takes,

And no matter what happens

Love never forsakes.

It's faithful and trusting

And always believing,

Guileless and honest

And never deceiving.

Yes, love is beyond

What man can define,

For love is Immortal

And God's Gift is Divine!

by, Helen Steiner Rice