Because God Is Love

For today's Two-for-Tuesday prompt:Write a love poem, and/or...Write an anti-love poem. Rom.12:21Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good. Love encounters no burned bridgesFor, love keeps no count of wrongIt does not harbor old grudgesLove forgives and carries on Love, not overcome by evilOvercomes evil with goodGod is love’s perfect exampleThough often misunderstood Love is God’s eternal promiseTherefore love can never failBecause God is love and God isEverlasting, love prevails Love; what miracles are made ofLove, incomprehensibleBecause God is love, thus, with loveNothing is impossible Simple as a cup of waterGiven in the Father’s nameAwful as a cross that flauntedHate and death; Love overcame Love leaps, limps, kneels, never faltersLove, always fit for the taskLove’s Author is our HelperAll we need to do is ask Love inspires mercy's missionsVisions of Heaven replySelf-serving turns to contritionAnswers humbly, 'here am I' Love can never be defeatedNo matter how hate may tryLove is always greater, rootedIn a Vine that cannot die Love is our perfect powerLove is our perfect peaceGod is love, thus He is ourConfidence that cannot cease Love is more than mere acquiescenceAnd adherence to cold lawLove, Indescribable Essence/Presence Fills us with hope, joy and awe © Janet Martin This poem gathered steam with every stanza...it could truly go on FORVERand it does! Because our one true everlasting God, is love! I am the vine and you are the branches. The one who remains in Me, and I in him, will bear much fruit. For apart from Me you can do nothing.John 15:5