Whispers From A Lover

I will not be giving a sermon for 31 January but a wrote a poem based on my reflection of the readings especially Jeremiah: Before you were in the womb, and Paul in Corinthians 13, a chapter on love.

• Jeremiah 1:4-10
• 1 Corinthians 13:1-13
• Luke 4:21-30
• Psalm 71:1-6

Whispers From A Lover
My lover whispered to my soul:

“The Love affair began before you knew it
before you knew anything
before you knew warmth
before your body was aware
before you connecting A to B.
before imagining it was due to you
before thinking you did not deserve it

Like Jeremiah, before you were in the womb

you were loved beyond all reason
beyond all excuse,
beyond all blame,
beyond all rejection.
There is nothing you can do to stop my love
until the end of time
from before and beyond all eternity.”