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Songbird
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0 posted 2002-11-13 02:22 AM


If I have learned nothing else
During the years I have spent on earth
I have learned love endures
It covers a multitude of sins
It even revives itself
After overwhelming pain
Love learns that to err is human
That forgiveness comes from God
It is the nature of caring
It is the nature of understanding
It is the knowledge that I need
Forgiveness too
Love keeps teaching me
That loving in the face of hate
Is a not a duty but
Is a favor I do for myself
As I stand absorbing the rays
Of God's love
Mirroring the warmth
Onto those who stand in the shade
Self-absorbed


[This message has been edited by Songbird (11-13-2002 02:25 AM).]

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1 posted 2002-11-13 04:58 AM


Oh but I loved your message in this poem and especially these lines:

That loving in the face of hate
Is a not a duty but
Is a favor I do for myself

                
Let there be peace on earth,
and let it begin with me.

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2 posted 2002-11-13 11:25 AM




(sigh) Oh Songbird, this is sooooooo beautifully true, love will always find a way and you speak of its beauty so well hee and the power it bears, to forgive, to heal, to purify. (big hugggsssss) God Bless you, sweet friend, this is wonderful, we all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Songbird, thank you for sharing!



May love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

"Underneath your clothes there's an endless story..."

Shakira

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3 posted 2002-11-13 03:56 PM


Songbird:  A wonderfully moving poem and such a loving message.

Betty Lou Hebert

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4 posted 2002-11-13 04:49 PM


It tells a full story of why we should always be love.....


Lighthousebob
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5 posted 2002-11-13 06:02 PM


Songbird,

So much wisdom here.... I suppose if we were given but one thing on the face of the Earth of which we might be required to learn before entering our haven of rest that that one thing would need to be love.  I think your poem correlates very well with how Christ would overcome hate in His life. I am always challenged as a Christian here to be more like Christ and I do believe that He gave us the prime example of love when he gave his life for us while we were yet living in sin. Again, very well expressed feelings here. Enjoyed reading very much.

-Bob

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6 posted 2002-11-18 02:15 AM


You have given the secret of the world's ttroubles. Love is the answer.  joyce
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7 posted 2002-11-19 09:22 PM


Great! I wish know more about love, as always, never seems to learn enough of it, just as of longing for it.

Eliza Simmons
~Sometimes when I look back at what I wrote, I don't recognize the 'Me' in the past anymore.

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