Beforeword: For last month’s posts I focused on Eros/romantic/erotic love mostly because June is that kind o’ love month. But because I’m so in love with love I have a lot more to say about other forms of love. The love saga continues.

This week I will focus on Agape—the love that is unconditional, sacrificial and enduring.

The Bible says this form of love is:

… patient, …kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. [This] love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. [This] love never fails.

1 Corinthians 13:4-8

Agape is selfless, transcending circumstances and personal gain. It is considered the highest form of love characteristic by compassion, empathy, and a willingness to sacrifice for the well-being of others. This is the best that human language can do to describe God, for God is Love. Love, in all its forms, emanates from God.

This is my poetic rendition:

Love Unconditionally

Human language falters
stumbling at the edge
of a love so vast
beyond description

God SO loved—
love in its purest form
a force so powerful
it demanded action
not mere utterance

God gave
not just anything
but everything
the essence of self
poured out, in ultimate sacrifice

Love that bends time
spanning the breadth of existence
unconditional
immeasurable

Under the banner of this love
we stand
humbled by the gift
immeasurable grace
the forever gift, God’s love
unconditional

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In creative solidarity, Dee