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Love is the hardest lesson in Christianity; but, for that reason, it should be most our care to learn it.
From Mark 12:29-31: “Jesus answered, ‘The first is, Hear, O Israel: the Lord our God, the Lord is one; you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength. The second is this, You shall love your neighbor as yourself. There is no other commandment greater than these.'”
A Tanka is a Japanese form of poetry, which is related to its cousin Haiku. The poem uses 31 syllables covering five lines (with syllable counts following a 7, 5, 5, 7 and 7 sequence). An effective Tanka uses personification, metaphors, and similes in its construction, and it performs well in expressing a mood, a thought, or a feeling.
Love fills the cosmos
Dancing among twinkling stars
Destined to shout out
Galaxies singing with joy
Witnessing marital bliss
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Love breathing with joy
Smiling with each encounter
Spanning countless miles
Igniting one connection
Nurturing with every kiss
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Love struggles at times
Drowning in desert valleys
Clawing for ways out
Traversing each mountaintop
Shouting with joy, a new start
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Creating a rainbow, love inspires
Connecting two lives, becoming one
Merging together, feelings inside
Celebrating, we’ve only begun
Meeting at life’s crossroads, love brings truth
Confessing before our Lord, now one
Living as a twosome, sharing love
Spending time together, never done
Cherishing our love, always special
Sharing our dreams, dwelling between us
Leading us on a life adventure
Capturing a moment, on life’s bus
Depending on each other, love bonds
Growing tired of each other, never
Celebrating God’s gifts, shared with us
Changing our minds about us, never
Weathering life’s storms, love conquers all
Singing Hallelujah, love declares
Leaning on each other, love endures
Treasuring us, God’s love truly cares
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It is important to know that you have to work to keep love alive; you have to protect it and maintain is, just like you would a delicate flower.
From 1 Corinthians 13:13: “And now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; and the greatest of these is love.”
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God loves each of us as if there were only one of us.
From John 15:9: “As the Father has loved Me, so I have loved you; abide in My love.”
From American theologian, Fulton J. Sheen: “God does not love us because we are valuable. We are valuable because God loves us.”
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God’s eternal love seeks
Intimate relationships
No longer standing back
Feeling love as He speaks
Our Lord loves each of us
Stepping forward with faith
Accepting His sincere truth
Our God, never to mistrust
When darker times arrive
Opening hearts to our Lord
Never to feel forsaken
Trusting, abiding, alive
Our Father always cares
Hearing faithful prayers
Watching trusting steps
Feeling moments of despair
Flowing from Heaven above
To a stable’s manger
Witnessing from a cruel Cross
God’s Grace delivers His love
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From John 15:8-9: “My Father is glorified by this, that you bear much fruit and become My disciples. As the Father has loved Me, so I have loved you; abide in My love.
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Seeking hope through faith
But, love must come first
“Love one another”
Now, empty hearts burst
God represents love
A most precious gift
Follow His commands
Love provides a lift
Distribute our love
Family, friends, strangers
Follow Christ’s accord
Makes a life changer
Sowing seeds of love
Jesus brings blessings
Daily nurturing
Keeps love from guessing
Treasure love from Christ
Love blossoms into more
Faithfulness growing
Raising lives to soar
Loving our Savior
His blood stains a Cross
Bringing Salvation
To earth, dark and lost
This most cherished gift
By God’s Grace given
Sisters and brothers
Being forgiven
Holy Commandments
Obeying with love
Loving our neighbors
Pleasing Christ, high above
From Matthew 22:36-40: “Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest? He said to him, ‘You shall love the Lord our God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ This is the greatest and first commandment. And a second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbors as yourself.’ On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.”
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