Love's leading - 5

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Once love led & I followed  (’stead of spearned).

Not my truncated, altruism, which

devolves the word to cover what’s been earned,

a contract-like agreement been arranged

to benefit the self at final  ends,

and minimise its suffering as well.

But love, creative, suffering, depends

on using its life here to absorb hell..

no matter what the suffering will be

for self, at heart it pays the sacrifice

itself. Just think of parents with baby.

A structure set to lead us like the Christ:

“My children..” he says to his followers.

That HESED* kind of love, which keeps its word -

that’s even to its own hurt, as though spurrs 

were turned upon itself, not on a hurd

of horses, bullocks, bisen, elephants,

and trusts creative love that made the world

and put his children here to wear the pants,

and learn to understand, before they hurled

a word out in command, much less a stone.

Love makes distinction, and so too will I,

between those here in need (for them atone),

and those who here would like to lead, or try

to, that’s where suffering will come to live

and share their life more intimately for

they’ll have to learn quite truly to fore-give

from source of Universe and so much more.

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* HESED is the Hebrew word, used in the Hebrew Bible to communicate something like "covenantal love", steadfast love, family love, loving kindness, love that is based on your own word. It has been said (repeatedly) that the HESED of YHWH (creative love that simply IS) endures forevermore (Psalm 118; Ps136 etc).

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