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A few weeks ago I was asked to write a spoken word piece based on the Bible scripture 1 Corinthians chapter 13. This I performed at the Wellspring during a talk about “Real Love.”

Love bears all things and never gives up 
In every circumstance it remains 
Roots dug deep in storms 
Where failures transform into new things 
Overcoming life’s hurdles 
Ducking and diving dilemmas 
Unexpected and foreseen 
Steadfast it stays 
For days 
For years 
Forever 
Enduring it all 
Never giving up 

Love never loses faith 
Continues believing 
Hoping 
Seeing beyond human mind-sets 
And current situations 
Seeing the best 
Protects with a shield that surrounds and trusts 
The glue in all relationships 
Patiently bringing peace in the waiting 
Kind 
Selfless 
Caring 
Compassionate 
Love 

Outshining anything man made and thought of 
Intertwining into life so gracefully 
Cutting through concealed places 
Heavy spaces where things seem lost 

Love stays strong 
Never weakening 
Never dwindling 
Never fails 
Fades or ends 
Just flows out of those who know 
What it means to be loved and 
To love 
Growing out of God's love 
Filled with a real love 
Out of a heart fully submitted 
Births something so beautiful 

An understanding that 
God is love 
God is love and 
All who live in love live in God and 
This love is the greatest 
The most powerful 

Where every cell of our body pours out love 
Where every action and 
Reaction begins and ends with love 
Where every language spoken is in the language of love
And we are nothing if we haven't loved 

We can have a faith that moves mountains 
Speak in tongues of angles  
Have the gift of prophecy and 
Can fathom all mysteries and 
Knowledge 
We can give all to the poor and do all the things we think God has called us to do 
Leave a life of legacy lasting for generations and generations 
We can do and overcome amazing things both big and small 
All in the name of the lord
And still not love 

Seasons will come and go 
Prophesy will cease
Tongues will be stilled 
Knowledge will pass away 
Like dust disappearing in the wind and despite all these endings 
Only three things will remain 
Faith hope and love
And the greatest of these is love 

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