Love Remains

I wonder if tomorrow He will love me
I wonder if love’s wandered far away  
I wonder if this life is better less me  
I wonder if a distance I should stay  
  
I remain here    
yet I gaze at many scenes,  
of places dark and light  
and in between.  
My emotions travel  
as they often do,  
through many shades of fear,  
yet love pursues.  
I open up    
the cage of hidden sorrow.  
I release abundant tears  
and mourn with pain.  
Though when streams of anguish  
dwindle to a trickle,  
I look into my heart  
and love remains.  
   
Love remains right here  
where I am still in waiting.  
Love remains right here,  
for it has never gone,  
not faded  
nor diminished  
or expended.  
Love remains right in my heart here  
all along.  
   
I realize that love  
cannot be taken.  
Love cannot disappear  
after it’s given.  
I hold the love   
He’s planted deep within me,  
I choose if it will shine  
or will be hidden.  
So grateful for His love,  
I cannot hoard it.  
I cannot lock away  
love secretly.  
I can let love  
change my heart  
and heal my worry.  
I can let love overflow  
and carry me...  
carry me through waves  
of dark emotion,  
change my burden  
into one of grace,  
for love always origins  
with my Father  
and the priceless gift  
of love  
reflects His face.  
   
“Then Jesus said, ‘Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you. Let me teach you, because I am humble and gentle at heart, and you will find rest for your souls.’”  
‭‭Matthew‬ ‭11:28-29‬ ‭NLT‬‬  
   
“Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud or rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged. It does not rejoice about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out. Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance.”
‭‭1 Corinthians‬ ‭13:4-7‬ ‭NLT‬‬  
   
“For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known. And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.”  
‭‭1 Corinthians‬ ‭13:12-13‬ ‭NIV‬‬