WHAT IS LOVE?

What is love?
No words cand 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 comonplace
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 al-
ways believing.
Guileless and honest and
never deceiving ...
Yes, love is beyond what man
can define,
For love is Immortal and
Gods's Gift is Divine!

Helen Steiner Rice

Howard