The petals of the daisy teased
a game for me that day,
"He loves me" and "He loves me not"-
so I began to play.
With every time "He loves me" came
my heart in hope would soar,
But when it was "He loves me not"
the rains of doubt would pour.
I knew the game was but in vain
and yet I set my heart
to hope on something on the sand
so bound to fall apart.
And sure enough, with petals gone,
I held the stem in hand-
With heavy sigh, I wondered why
and tried to understand.
So gently came His still small voice,
His precious word to me-
"My love is not in petals, Child-
I MADE the flower for thee."
"I see that thou hast plucked it clean,
Yet I can make anew;
Though thou hast sinned against my love,
My own remaineth true."
So now, no flower can sway my heart;
He loves me- this I know.
And why have I no need to doubt?
The Bible tells me so.
~:~X~:~
Author notes
Whenever our students have chapel, I pray that we get a speaker that has a message that's on their level, but I also pray that there will be something for me in the lesson.
Well, last Wednesday a youth pastor came in holding an orange daisy. He preceded to do a lesson about how to determine love. He talked about how some people take flowers and play, "He loves me, He loves me not" with them, and he asked the kids if they thought that was a good way to find out if someone loves them.
Then he told them the BEST way is the Bible, and brought up Romans 5:8, as well as I John 4:20-21.
He did such a good job with the message, and I must say I was greatly impressed with those last two verses. I also couldn't help but think this- while a person can pluck away at all those petals, the truth is that God MADE that flower! THAT'S how He shows He loves me!
And so, He gave me a poem to share that very thing. 
Do you know where you're spending eternity? If not, ask me how you can know!
Comments
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This is stunning, and it is obvious that the holy spirit is indeed your muse.
With 'agape' love
mj.
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I really believe that this is one of the best things you have written. The structure is very good, the meter is excellent, and your rhyming scheme is near perfect.
Well done!!!!
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To What Does Jesus Compare That Love?
"...the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one: I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me."--John 17:22-23
Jesus said the Father loves us as much as He does His own Son. That shouldn't surprise us because God does nothing halfheartedly. He was in everything in creating us; He was in everything in dying for us.
And yet we are surprised when we learn He loves us so much.
Yep, the best way to learn of His love is in His Book of Love-the Bible.
Great write, sis!
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