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Love Is Not Strength
Today’s poem is a poem inspired by 1 Corinthians 13. It was written during a season when after attempts to love and minister to others, the love was not enough to change the course of the circumstances that were playing out. The poem’s title and theme was borne out of the sadness that love does not leverage an advantage over others or circumstances. It isn’t that love isn’t strong, but it has no coercive power. Love leaves you vulnerable to pain and exposed to wounding. The poem is titled, “Love Is not Strength.”
Love is not strength Though it is patient and kind. Not that it doesn’t desire…
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