As I have loved you

      
         This is my commandment,
         that you love one another as I have loved you.

                  —John 15.12

that is,
with tender attention
and stout resilience,
that is,
despite your blame and fear,
your betrayal yet to come,
your lack of repentance,

as I have loved you
when you were determined
not to deserve it,

that you love as I have,
withholding nothing,
excusing no one,

that you pour yourself out
for the unworthy,

as I have
pour yourself out
of your life
into eternal love
and as I have
rise
new,
perfected
in love.

__________________
Steve Garnaas-Holmes
Unfolding Light
www.unfoldinglight.net

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