Agape

In the beginning was the Word

and the Word was with God

and the Word was God.

And the Word is God.

And God is love.

The Word is love

and love is the foundation

upon which the universe

was created.

The spinning galaxies,

the whirling and twirling storms

of stars, the black holes,

the explosion of constellations—

LOVE.

The earth, the volcanic, liquid

mass of fire and wrath and chaos,

cooled and settled and then still—

LOVE.

The sky, the clouds, the rain,

the dirt, the rocks, the worms

that dig their prayer labyrinths

under our feet—

LOVE.

And you and me, my friends,

our tears and our laughter,

our pain and our joy,

our beating hearts,

our worrying thoughts—

LOVE.

Lord, Your grace is sufficient,

because we were molded

and shaped and created

from Your hand, with Your love.

Amen.

John 1:1

2 Corinthians 12:9

Psalm 86:10