Patient Kind Love

What does it profit if I do not have love

Should I give up all that I have to give

And even surrender my body to be burned like a dove

That I may but have the chance for my soul to live

May I rejoice not of wrongs that have been done

But with the truth that defeats all enemies

And bear up under anything as one

Or believe in faith without amenities

And give up hoping for the best for you

Or endure anything if nothing drives me on

And only know the end of things is true

Until my will is finished and I am gone

These three abide in me, love, faith and hope

With love the greatest of them for it fills my scope.

Author's Note

Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on it's own way; it is not irritable or resentful. Corinthians I 13:4-5