If I say I Love You

If I say I love you
Does my love sound louder
Than a sounding brass or clanging cymbal?
Does my love move the mountains that
You face even a inch to the left?

If I say I love you
Can the waters quench it?
Can the floods drown it?
What does it take to kill it?
Persecution? Trials? Troubles? Riches?

If I say I love you
Is it a forever, lasting kind of love?
Am I being patient or just tolerating?
Do I hold a hand out to you when you fall?
Do I rejoice in truth or lean towards gossip?

If I say I love you
Do I hold a grudge against you,
For the thoughts I think you think?
Am I ready to let it all go
To heal? To forgive? To find peace?

If I say I love you
Am I ready to hear your side,
When our voices are raised in anger?
Am I blind to my faults,
When you show me a mirror?

If I say I love you
Can I bear the pain of loving
Hang for hours held up by rusted nails on wood?
Can I sacrifice anything, give anything,
And not seek for pity or praise?

If I say I love you, if I chose to love you
Let’s think beyond this ‘as myself’ business.
I chose to love like Love loves
Perfectly,ready to lay down His life for me
Bearing all things, hoping for the best in me

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