God is Love

God is love; his mercy brightens

All the path in which we rove;

Bliss he wakes and woe he lightens;

God is wisdom, God is love.

Chance and change are busy ever;

Man decays, and ages move;

But his mercy waneth never;

God is wisdom, God is love.

E'en the hour that darkest seemeth,

Will his changeless goodness prove;

From the gloom his brightness streameth,

God is wisdom, God is love.

He with earthly cares entwineth

Hope and comfort from above;

Everywhere his glory shineth;

God is wisdom, God is love.

~ John Bowring

Love Is...

Love is... a tiny seed God planted in the mind;

It blossoms into flowers and makes a person kind.

Love is... compassionate - has hope for those who fall;

Love is the effective, most Christ-like way of all!

Love is... not resentful, it readily forgives;

It brings great happiness to those with whom it lives.

Love is... ever patient, it's found in trustful hearts;

It is most unselfish, the finest of all arts!

Love... like the sunshine - it shines on good and bad

It dissipates the darkness and makes the whole world glad!

Love is... the childlike way- secure in Father's care,

For God is almighty His love is everywhere!

His love is everywhere!

~ Sister Mary Gemma Brunke

The Larger Prayer

At first I prayed for Light:

Could I but see the way,

How gladly, swiftly would I walk

To everlasting day!

And next I prayed for Strength:

That I might tread the road

With firm, unfaltering feet, and win

The heaven's serene abode.

And then I asked for Faith:

Could I but trust my God,

I'd live enfolded in His peace,

Though foes were all abroad.

But now I pray for Love:

Deep love to God and man,

A living love that will not fail,

However dark His plan.

And Light and Strength and Faith

Are opening everywhere;

God only waited for me, till

I prayed the larger prayer.

~ Edna D. Cheney

God's Love

God's love is like an island

In life's ocean vast and wide -

A peaceful, quiet shelter

From the restless, rising tide...

God's love is like an anchor

When the angry billows roll-

A mooring in the storms of life,

A stronghold for the soul...

God's love is like a fortress

And we seek protection there

When the waves of tribulation

Seem to drown us in despair...

God's love is like a harbor

Where our souls can find sweet rest

From the struggle and the tension

Of life's fast and futile quest...

God's love is like a beacon

Burning bright with faith and prayer

And through the changing scenes of life

We can find a haven there!

~ Helen Steiner Rice

True Happiness

 

I sought for joy in creatures,

I tried human live to win;

But these things did not satisfy

The world with all its din.

 

Till freed from worldly tumult

In a quiet room apart,

I gave my love to Jesus

And found heaven in my heart.

 

~ Sister Mary Gemma Brunke

Where There Is Love

 

Where there is love

the heart is light,
Where there is love

the day is bright,

 

Where there is love

there is a song
To help when things

are going wrong...

 

Where there is love

there is a smile
To make all things

seem more worthwhile,

 

Where there is love

there’s quiet peace,
A tranquil place

where turmoils cease...

 

Love changes darkness

into light
And makes the heart

take "wingless flight"...
 

~ Helen Steiner Rice

Desert Wasteland

A heart without love

dances without song

and burns without flame

like shimmering sand

in a desert wasteland.

 

~ Edward A. Gloeggler

God Scatters Love

 

God scatters love on every side

Freely among His children all,

And always hearts are lying open wide

Wherein some grains may fall.

 

~ James Russell Lowell

Love God

 

Love God with all your soul and strength,
With all your heart and mind;
And love your neighbor as yourself:
Be faithful, just, and kind.

Deal with another as you’d have
Another deal with you:
What you’re unwilling to receive,
Be sure you never do.

 

~ Isaac Watts

There Is A Time

 

There is a time for all things,

but one thing for all times:

Love the Lord and one another.

 

~ Edward A. Gloeggler

It Is In Loving

 

It is in loving,

not in being loved

The heart finds its quest;

It is in giving

not in getting

Our lives are blest.