
the pain in the hand
after the needed pruning
beauty’s worth the thorns

the pain in the hand
after the needed pruning
beauty’s worth the thorns
“love one another”
must include all the others
or it’s not Christ taught
loving only those like you
narcissism on large scale

generous nature
pouring love into the world
even on hardness
unheeding of wastefulness
boundless love flows endlessly

small deeds done unseen
love without expectations
the glory of God
three-fifths of our lives
spent happily married
hoping for three-fourths