Never Alone

I searched my heart and soul for a love that's true.
Softly he spoke, "My child if you only knew."
I turned away, tormented by all the pain inside of me.
Gently he pleaded, "If only you'd open your eyes you'd see."
I turned to run, unsure of the feelings in my heart.
Sadly he shook his head. "You're just stumbling in the dark."
I reached out, longing for someone to hold.
He just sighed, "Your lovers will come and go."
I need a love to forever be mine.
He told me, "I will stand the test of time."
My lonliness has cut me like a knife.
He whispered, "I have loved you all your life."
My heart trembled, so afraid of all the uncertainty.
Then he promised, "I will love you for all eternity."
I argued, "But I need someone else to love me too."
He smiled, "No one will love you as much as I do."

I struggled with his words.
"How can I be sure that what you're telling me is true?"
"My precious child" he said,
"I gave my life because of the love I have for you."



"For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels,
nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things
to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall
be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in
Christ Jesus our Lord." -Romans 8:38-39

Pyro,
That was a really Beautiful Word the Lord gave you through your poem. Thankyou for that Word of encouragement. Your writing is such a gift.

You are a Blessing,
ROSE

ROMANS I
16 For I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ: for it is the Power of God unto Salvation to Every One that Believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
17 For therein is the Righteousness of God Revealed from Faith to Faith: as it is written, The Just Shall Live By Faith.

Romans 15:30
30 Now I beseech you, brethren, for the Lord Jesus Christ's sake, and for the Love of the Spirit, that ye strive together with me in your prayers to God for me;

Psalm 126
5 They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.
6 He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.

Song of Solomon 8
6 Set me as a Seal upon Thine Heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for Love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.
7 Many waters cannot quench Love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for Love, it would utterly be contemned.



ROSE

Yes, Pyro's words are indeed beautiful. If only I could grasp the truth of it in my fallen humanity, and if ONLY it were enough.

How often I have wished that He had never instilled in the human heart this longing
for human love . . . oh the suffering that could have been avoided with such an ommission . . .
Conversely, great joy would have been avoided, too . . . but I know nothing of that side.



"I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the housetop."
Psalm 102:7

Pyro,
Hope you don't mind me hitching a ride on your thread!

(((((((((((((((SPARROW)))))))))))))))))))))))))
He puts that longing there so He might fill it!
So He can be ALL in ALL!!!


RIGHT BEFORE YOUR EYES


What words can I say that will soothe you,
How can I take all of your pain?

What gift do I have, I can give you,
To bring back your Joy once again?

I know that you're seeing through glasses,
And that the glass lenses are blue.

But what is the Gift that God's given,
That I may bring healing to you?

The wound that has laid hard upon you,
Ever since you were so young.

Is the one that God knows will complete you,
And the song that He gives, will be sung.

The thing that you always have wanted,
Inside of the bag of surprise.

Isn't inside that black bag Dear,
It's right here in front of your eyes.

First you must take off those glasses,
And then you will see very clear.

The one that the Lord sent to lift you,
Is the one who speaks now in your ear.

At some point, Even you will believe it,
Though you've always said, "It'd never come."

Surrender all negative thoughts now,
Accept ALL His Gifts, not just some.

Remember the Scripture that tells us,
We will have the things that we say,

And if you believe in your Heart Dear,
It will come to you, even today!!!


LET HIS WORDS TOUCH YOU SISTER,
ROSE







1 Thessalonians 4
1FURTHERMORE, [1] BRETHREN, we beg and admonish you in [virtue of our union with] the Lord Jesus, that [you follow the instructions which] you learned from us about how you ought to walk so as to please and gratify God, as indeed you are doing, [and] that you do so even more and more abundantly [attaining yet greater perfection in living this life].
2For you know what charges and precepts we gave you [[2] on the authority and by the inspiration of] the Lord Jesus.
3For this is the will of God, that you should be consecrated (separated and set apart for pure and holy living): that you should abstain and shrink from all sexual vice,
4That each one of you should know how to [3] possess (control, manage) his own [4] body in consecration (purity, separated from things profane) and honor,
5Not [to be used] in the passion of lust like the heathen, who are ignorant of the true God and have no knowledge of His will,
6That no man transgress and overreach his brother and defraud him in this matter or defraud his brother in business. For the Lord is an avenger in all these things, as we have already warned you solemnly and [5] told you plainly.
7For God has not called us to impurity but to consecration [to dedicate ourselves to the most thorough purity].
8Therefore whoever disregards (sets aside and rejects this) disregards not man but God, Whose [very] Spirit [Whom] He gives to you is holy (chaste, pure).



ROSE

Long ago I wished to leave
" The house where I was born; "
Long ago I used to grieve,
My home seemed so forlorn.
In other years, its silent rooms
Were filled with haunting fears;
Now, their very memory comes
O'ercharged with tender tears.

Life and marriage I have known,
Things once deemed so bright;
Now, how utterly is flown
Every ray of light !
'Mid the unknown sea of Life
I no blest isle have found;
At last, through all its wild wave's strife,
My bark is homeward bound.

Farewell, dark and rolling deep !
Farewell, foreign shore !
Open, in unclouded sweep,
Thou glorious realm before !
Yet, though I had safely pass'd
That weary, vexed main,
One Loved voice, through surge and blast,
Could call me back again.

Though the soul's bright morning rose
O'er Paradise for me,
Even from Heaven's repose
I'd turn, invoked by thee !
Storm nor surge should e'er arrest
My soul, exulting then:
All my Heaven was once Thy Breast,
Would it were mine again !

Charlotte Bronte

Parting


THERE'S no use in weeping,
Though we are condemned to part:
There's such a thing as keeping
A remembrance in one's Heart:

There's such a thing as dwelling
On the thought ourselves have nurs'd,
And with scorn and courage telling
The world to do its worst.

We'll not let its follies grieve us,
We'll just take them as they come;
And then every day will leave us
A merry laugh for home.

When we've left each friend and brother,
When we're parted wide and far,
We will think of one another,
As even better than we are.

Every glorious sight above us,
Every pleasant sight beneath,
We'll connect with those that Love us,
Whom we Truly Love till death !

In the evening, when we're sitting
By the fire perchance alone,
Then shall Heart with warm Heart meeting,
Give responsive tone for tone.

We can burst the bonds which chain us,
Which cold human hands have wrought,
And where none shall dare restrain us
We can meet again, in thought.

So there's no use in weeping,
Bear a cheerful Spirit still;
Never doubt that Fate is keeping
Future good for present ill !

Charlotte Bronte

We have to do what's right, not because of a feeling we have, but because we choose to.
LOVE MEANS SACRIFICE, NOT SELFISHNESS
One of the most important facets I've learned about Love is unselfishness, which is characterized in the Bible as the willingness to sacrifice ones own wishes for those of others. I've learned that true Love will always adapt and adjust to the needs and desires of other people. Selfish people on the other hand have Hard Hearts. It's very difficult for selfish people to learn Anything-Especially if it involves self sacrifice. They expect everyone else to adjust to them and their needs. They simply don't know how to adjust to others without becoming angry or upset.
JOYCE MEYERS

Your Love for your Wife should be like the Rock of Gibraltar. Though waves beat against it constantly, it can Never be moved.
R.



RUTH
16And Ruth said, Urge me not to leave you or to turn back from following you; for where you go I will go, and where you lodge I will lodge. [1] Your people shall be my people and your God my God.
17Where you die I will die, and there will I be buried. The Lord do so to me, and more also, if anything but death parts me from you.



ROSE

How Do I Love Thee?


How do I Love thee? Let me count the ways.
I Love thee to the depth and breadth and height
My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight
For the ends of Being and ideal Grace.
I Love thee to the level of every day's
Most quiet need, by sun and candlelight.
I Love thee freely, as men strive for Right;
I Love thee Purely, as they turn from Praise.
I Love with a Passion put to use
In my old griefs, and with my childhood's Faith.
I Love thee with a Love I seemed to lose
With my lost saints, -- I Love thee with the breath,
Smiles, tears, of all my Life! -- and, if God choose,
I shall but Love thee better after death.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning



We have to do what's right, not because of a feeling we have, but because we choose to.
LOVE MEANS SACRIFICE, NOT SELFISHNESS
One of the most important facets I've learned about Love is unselfishness, which is characterized in the Bible as the willingness to sacrifice ones own wishes for those of others. I've learned that true Love will always adapt and adjust to the needs and desires of other people. Selfish people on the other hand have Hard Hearts. It's very difficult for selfish people to learn Anything-Especially if it involves self sacrifice. They expect everyone else to adjust to them and their needs. They simply don't know how to adjust to others without becoming angry or upset.
JOYCE MEYERS

Your Love for your Wife should be like the Rock of Gibraltar. Though waves beat against it constantly, it can Never be moved.
R.



RUTH
16And Ruth said, Urge me not to leave you or to turn back from following you; for where you go I will go, and where you lodge I will lodge. [1] Your people shall be my people and your God my God.
17Where you die I will die, and there will I be buried. The Lord do so to me, and more also, if anything but death parts me from you.



ROSE

Riches I hold in light esteem,
And Love I laugh to scorn;
And lust of fame was but a dream
That vanish'd with the morn:

And if I pray, the only prayer
That moves my lips for me
Is, "Leave the Heart that now I bear,
And give me liberty!"

Yes, as my swift days near their goal,
'Tis all that I implore:
In Life and death a chainless soul,
With courage to endure.

Emily Jane Bronte




They never saw my Lover's face,
They only know our Love was brief,
Wearing awhile a windy grace
And passing like an autumn leaf.

They wonder why I do not weep,
They think it strange that I can sing,
They say, "Her Love was scarcely deep
Since it has left so slight a sting."

They never saw my Love, nor knew
That in my Heart's most secret place
I pity them as Angels do
Women who have never seen God's face.

Sara Teasdale

We have to do what's right, not because of a feeling we have, but because we choose to.
LOVE MEANS SACRIFICE, NOT SELFISHNESS
One of the most important facets I've learned about Love is unselfishness, which is characterized in the Bible as the willingness to sacrifice ones own wishes for those of others. I've learned that true Love will always adapt and adjust to the needs and desires of other people. Selfish people on the other hand have Hard Hearts. It's very difficult for selfish people to learn Anything-Especially if it involves self sacrifice. They expect everyone else to adjust to them and their needs. They simply don't know how to adjust to others without becoming angry or upset.
JOYCE MEYERS

Your Love for your Wife should be like the Rock of Gibraltar. Though waves beat against it constantly, it can Never be moved.
R.



RUTH
16And Ruth said, Urge me not to leave you or to turn back from following you; for where you go I will go, and where you lodge I will lodge. [1] Your people shall be my people and your God my God.
17Where you die I will die, and there will I be buried. The Lord do so to me, and more also, if anything but death parts me from you.



ROSE

Keep His Passion in Mind

Lord Jesus,
many years have passed
since you hung upon the cross
with searching eyes
and outstretched arms.

Gone now is the pain of Calvary
but not the love
and not the searching.
Your arms are still wide open,
still reaching out to us.
You have loved us
with an everlasting love,
never closing your heart,
never counting the cost.

Lord Jesus,
may the memory of your Crucified Love
and the grace of your Risen Presence
comfort us,
set us free,
give us hope,
and make us strong.
Amen.


~I don't know the author of this prayer. I just found it.


metal

Beautiful Prayer Metal!!! YES AND AMEN!!!
ROSE

We have to do what's right, not because of a feeling we have, but because we choose to.
LOVE MEANS SACRIFICE, NOT SELFISHNESS
One of the most important facets I've learned about Love is unselfishness, which is characterized in the Bible as the willingness to sacrifice ones own wishes for those of others. I've learned that true Love will always adapt and adjust to the needs and desires of other people. Selfish people on the other hand have Hard Hearts. It's very difficult for selfish people to learn Anything-Especially if it involves self sacrifice. They expect everyone else to adjust to them and their needs. They simply don't know how to adjust to others without becoming angry or upset.
JOYCE MEYERS

Your Love for your Wife should be like the Rock of Gibraltar. Though waves beat against it constantly, it can Never be moved.
R.



RUTH
16And Ruth said, Urge me not to leave you or to turn back from following you; for where you go I will go, and where you lodge I will lodge. [1] Your people shall be my people and your God my God.
17Where you die I will die, and there will I be buried. The Lord do so to me, and more also, if anything but death parts me from you.



ROSE

Primavera Mia


As kings, seeing their lives about to pass,
Take off the heavy ermine and the crown,
So had the trees that autumn-time laid down
Their golden garments on the dying grass,
When I, who watched the seasons in the glass
Of my own thoughts, saw all the autumn's brown
Leap into life and wear a sunny gown
Of leafage fresh as happy April has.
Great spring came singing upward from the south;
For in my heart, far carried on the wind,
Your words like winged seeds took root and grew,
And all the world caught music from your mouth;
I saw the light as one who had been blind,
And knew my sun and song and spring were you.

Sara Teasdale


Sleepless

If I could have your arms tonight-
But half the world and the broken sea
Lie between you and me.

The autumn rain reverberates in the courtyard,
Beating all night against the barren stone,
The sound of useless rain in the desolate courtyard
Makes me more alone.

If you were here, if you were only here-
My blood cries out to you all night in vain
As sleepless as the rain.

Sara Teasdale



Song


You bound strong sandals on my feet,
You gave me bread and wine,
And sent me under sun and stars,
For all the world was mine.

Oh, take the sandals off my feet,
You know not what you do;
For all my world is in your arms,
My sun and stars are you.

Sara Teasdale

We have to do what's right, not because of a feeling we have, but because we choose to.
LOVE MEANS SACRIFICE, NOT SELFISHNESS
One of the most important facets I've learned about Love is unselfishness, which is characterized in the Bible as the willingness to sacrifice ones own wishes for those of others. I've learned that true Love will always adapt and adjust to the needs and desires of other people. Selfish people on the other hand have Hard Hearts. It's very difficult for selfish people to learn Anything-Especially if it involves self sacrifice. They expect everyone else to adjust to them and their needs. They simply don't know how to adjust to others without becoming angry or upset.
JOYCE MEYERS

Your Love for your Wife should be like the Rock of Gibraltar. Though waves beat against it constantly, it can Never be moved.
R.



RUTH
16And Ruth said, Urge me not to leave you or to turn back from following you; for where you go I will go, and where you lodge I will lodge. [1] Your people shall be my people and your God my God.
17Where you die I will die, and there will I be buried. The Lord do so to me, and more also, if anything but death parts me from you.



ROSE

I found this prayer on the net. And I think it's better to post it in here. I don't know the author.

~~~~

Everytime we think of you, we thank God,
and pray for you with prayers of joy.
For God began a good work in you,
and will complete that work in years to come.

Our prayer for you now is this:
that your love grow richer
in knowledge and insight of every kind,
that you learn by experience
what really matters,
that on the day you appear before God,
God welcome you as a flawless gift,
a rich harvest of praise,
through Jesus Christ. Amen.

(cf Philippians 1)

May the Lord bless you and keep you;
May the Lord shed his light upon you,
May the Lord look upon you kindly
and give you peace.

~~~~


metal

Testament


I said, "I will take my life
And throw it away;
I who was fire and song
Will turn to clay."

"I will lie no more in the night
With shaken breath,
I will toss my heart in the air
To be caught by Death."

But out of the night I heard,
Like the inland sound of the sea,
The hushed and terrible sob
Of all humanity.

Then I said, "Oh who am I
To scorn God to his face?
I will bow my head and stay
And suffer with my race."

Sara Teasdale

We have to do what's right, not because of a feeling we have, but because we choose to.
LOVE MEANS SACRIFICE, NOT SELFISHNESS
One of the most important facets I've learned about Love is unselfishness, which is characterized in the Bible as the willingness to sacrifice ones own wishes for those of others. I've learned that true Love will always adapt and adjust to the needs and desires of other people. Selfish people on the other hand have Hard Hearts. It's very difficult for selfish people to learn Anything-Especially if it involves self sacrifice. They expect everyone else to adjust to them and their needs. They simply don't know how to adjust to others without becoming angry or upset.
JOYCE MEYERS

Your Love for your Wife should be like the Rock of Gibraltar. Though waves beat against it constantly, it can Never be moved.
R.



RUTH
16And Ruth said, Urge me not to leave you or to turn back from following you; for where you go I will go, and where you lodge I will lodge. [1] Your people shall be my people and your God my God.
17Where you die I will die, and there will I be buried. The Lord do so to me, and more also, if anything but death parts me from you.



ROSE

The Kiss


I hoped that she would Love me,
And she has kissed my mouth,
But I am like a stricken bird
That cannot reach the south.

For though I know she Loves me,
To-night my Heart is sad;
Her kiss was not so Wonderful
As all the Dreams I had.

Sara Teasdale


Your Love for your Wife should be like the Rock of Gibraltar. Though waves beat against it constantly, it can Never be moved.
R.



RUTH
16And Ruth said, Urge me not to leave you or to turn back from following you; for where you go I will go, and where you lodge I will lodge. [1] Your people shall be my people and your God my God.
17Where you die I will die, and there will I be buried. The Lord do so to me, and more also, if anything but death parts me from you.

SONG OF SOLOMON 8
6Set me like a seal upon your heart, like a seal upon your arm; for love is as strong as death, jealousy is as hard and cruel as Sheol (the place of the dead). Its flashes are flashes of fire, a most vehement flame [the very flame of the Lord]!(3)
7Many waters cannot quench love, neither can floods drown it. If a man would offer all the goods of his house for love, he would be utterly scorned and despised.



ROSE

The Poor House

Hope went by and Peace went by
And would not enter in;
Youth went by and Health went by
And Love that is their kin.

Those within the house shed tears
On their bitter bread;
Some were old and some were mad,
And some were sick a-bed.

Gray Death saw the wretched house
And even he passed by--
"They have never lived," he said,
"They can wait to die."

Sara Teasdale



Your Love for your Wife should be like the Rock of Gibraltar. Though waves beat against it constantly, it can Never be moved.
R.



RUTH
16And Ruth said, Urge me not to leave you or to turn back from following you; for where you go I will go, and where you lodge I will lodge. [1] Your people shall be my people and your God my God.
17Where you die I will die, and there will I be buried. The Lord do so to me, and more also, if anything but death parts me from you.

SONG OF SOLOMON 8
6Set me like a seal upon your heart, like a seal upon your arm; for love is as strong as death, jealousy is as hard and cruel as Sheol (the place of the dead). Its flashes are flashes of fire, a most vehement flame [the very flame of the Lord]!(3)
7Many waters cannot quench love, neither can floods drown it. If a man would offer all the goods of his house for love, he would be utterly scorned and despised.



ROSE

The Rose and the Bee


IF I were a bee and you were a Rose,
Would you let me in when the gray wind blows?
Would you hold your petals wide apart,
Would you let me in to find your Heart,
If you were a Rose?

"If I were a Rose and you were a bee,
You should never go when you came to me,
I should hold my Love on my Heart at last,
I should close my leaves and keep you fast,
If you were a bee."

Sara Teasdale

Your Love for your Wife should be like the Rock of Gibraltar. Though waves beat against it constantly, it can Never be moved.
R.S.



RUTH
16And Ruth said, Urge me not to leave you or to turn back from following you; for where you go I will go, and where you lodge I will lodge. [1] Your people shall be my people and your God my God.
17Where you die I will die, and there will I be buried. The Lord do so to me, and more also, if anything but death parts me from you.

SONG OF SOLOMON 8
6Set me like a seal upon your heart, like a seal upon your arm; for love is as strong as death, jealousy is as hard and cruel as Sheol (the place of the dead). Its flashes are flashes of fire, a most vehement flame [the very flame of the Lord]!(3)
7Many waters cannot quench love, neither can floods drown it. If a man would offer all the goods of his house for love, he would be utterly scorned and despised.



ROSE

DART OF TRUTH

Walking in the Spirit, through fields of waist high grass,
Listening to the Voice of God, though Heaven feels like Brass;

Always keep Believing, regardless of what you see,
Clinging to His Faithfullness, like soil holds the tree.

Asking for the Mind of God, direction we should go,
Discerning what is Truth from lie, and trusting we will know;

Seeing facts through Natures lense, both Beauty and the curse,
Life and death, and Joy and tears, are many times rehearsed.

But for the time I'm given, I'm going to stay His course,
I won't speak my own words, but His, For Jesus is my Source.

So even while this outer man will suffer through betrayal,
I know that Jesus felt the same, and His Love couldn't fail.

For Love from God is Solid, and Built Upon His Rock,
And it WILL Last Forever, For Our God won't be mocked.

So Mind and Heart are stayed on Him, till He returns for me,
While prayers ascend up to His Throne, for those who cannot see.
RS

Your Love for your Wife should be like the Rock of Gibraltar. Though waves beat against it constantly, it can Never be moved.
R.S.



RUTH
16And Ruth said, Urge me not to leave you or to turn back from following you; for where you go I will go, and where you lodge I will lodge. [1] Your people shall be my people and your God my God.
17Where you die I will die, and there will I be buried. The Lord do so to me, and more also, if anything but death parts me from you.

SONG OF SOLOMON 8
6Set me like a seal upon your heart, like a seal upon your arm; for love is as strong as death, jealousy is as hard and cruel as Sheol (the place of the dead). Its flashes are flashes of fire, a most vehement flame [the very flame of the Lord]!(3)
7Many waters cannot quench love, neither can floods drown it. If a man would offer all the goods of his house for love, he would be utterly scorned and despised.



ROSE

[This message was edited by Rose on May 26, 2004 at 07:26 PM.]

The Wind


A wind is blowing over my soul,
I hear it cry the whole night thro' --
Is there no peace for me on earth
Except with you?

Alas, the wind has made me wise,
Over my naked soul it blew, --
There is no peace for me on earth
Even with you.

Sara Teasdale

Your Love for your Wife should be like the Rock of Gibraltar. Though waves beat against it constantly, it can Never be moved.
R.S.



RUTH
16And Ruth said, Urge me not to leave you or to turn back from following you; for where you go I will go, and where you lodge I will lodge. [1] Your people shall be my people and your God my God.
17Where you die I will die, and there will I be buried. The Lord do so to me, and more also, if anything but death parts me from you.

SONG OF SOLOMON 8
6Set me like a seal upon your heart, like a seal upon your arm; for love is as strong as death, jealousy is as hard and cruel as Sheol (the place of the dead). Its flashes are flashes of fire, a most vehement flame [the very flame of the Lord]!(3)
7Many waters cannot quench love, neither can floods drown it. If a man would offer all the goods of his house for love, he would be utterly scorned and despised.



ROSE

Has sorrow thy young days shaded,
As clouds o'er the morning fleet?
Too fast have those young days faded
That, even in sorrow, were sweet?
Does Time with his cold wing wither
Each feeling that once was dear? --
Then, child of misfortune, come hither,
I'll weep with thee, tear for tear.

Has love to that soul, so tender,
Been like our Lagenian mine,
Where sparkles of golden splendour
All over the surface shine --
But, if in pursuit we go deeper,
Allured by the gleam that shone,
Ah! false as the dream of the sleeper,
Like Love, the bright ore is gone.

Has Hope, like the bird in the story,
That flitted from tree to tree
With the talisman's glittering glory --
Has Hope been that bird to thee?
On branch after branch alighting,
The gem did she still display,
And, when nearest, and most inviting,
Then waft the fair gem away?

If thus the young hours have fleeted,
When sorrow itself look'd bright;
If thus the fair hope hath cheated,
That led thee along so light;
If thus the cold world now wither
Each feeling that once was dear --
Come, child of misfortune, come hither,
I'll weep with thee, tear for tear.

Thomas Moore



Your Love for your Wife should be like the Rock of Gibraltar. Though waves beat against it constantly, it can Never be moved.
R.S.



RUTH
16And Ruth said, Urge me not to leave you or to turn back from following you; for where you go I will go, and where you lodge I will lodge. [1] Your people shall be my people and your God my God.
17Where you die I will die, and there will I be buried. The Lord do so to me, and more also, if anything but death parts me from you.

SONG OF SOLOMON 8
6Set me like a seal upon your heart, like a seal upon your arm; for love is as strong as death, jealousy is as hard and cruel as Sheol (the place of the dead). Its flashes are flashes of fire, a most vehement flame [the very flame of the Lord]!(3)
7Many waters cannot quench love, neither can floods drown it. If a man would offer all the goods of his house for love, he would be utterly scorned and despised.



ROSE

A Lover's Heart


What can ail a Lover’s heart?
Living- from Love, far apart…
What can bring the smile again?
Love- the pleasures and the pain…
What is the pleasantest sound?
Words-said with arms around…

Smita Bhatter



Your Love for your Wife should be like the Rock of Gibraltar. Though waves beat against it constantly, it can Never be moved.
R.S.



RUTH
16And Ruth said, Urge me not to leave you or to turn back from following you; for where you go I will go, and where you lodge I will lodge. [1] Your people shall be my people and your God my God.
17Where you die I will die, and there will I be buried. The Lord do so to me, and more also, if anything but death parts me from you.

SONG OF SOLOMON 8
6Set me like a seal upon your heart, like a seal upon your arm; for love is as strong as death, jealousy is as hard and cruel as Sheol (the place of the dead). Its flashes are flashes of fire, a most vehement flame [the very flame of the Lord]!(3)
7Many waters cannot quench love, neither can floods drown it. If a man would offer all the goods of his house for love, he would be utterly scorned and despised.



ROSE

She is neither pink nor pale,
And she never will be all mine;
She learned her hands in a Fairy-Tale,
And her mouth on a Valentine.

She has more hair than she needs;
In the sun 'tis a woe to me!
And her voice is a string of coloured beads,
Or steps leading into the sea.

She Loves me all that she can,
And her ways to my ways resign;
But she was not made for any man,
And she never will be all mine.

Edna St. Vincent Millay



Your Love for your Wife should be like the Rock of Gibraltar. Though waves beat against it constantly, it can Never be moved.
R.S.



RUTH
16And Ruth said, Urge me not to leave you or to turn back from following you; for where you go I will go, and where you lodge I will lodge. [1] Your people shall be my people and your God my God.
17Where you die I will die, and there will I be buried. The Lord do so to me, and more also, if anything but death parts me from you.

SONG OF SOLOMON 8
6Set me like a seal upon your heart, like a seal upon your arm; for love is as strong as death, jealousy is as hard and cruel as Sheol (the place of the dead). Its flashes are flashes of fire, a most vehement flame [the very flame of the Lord]!(3)
7Many waters cannot quench love, neither can floods drown it. If a man would offer all the goods of his house for love, he would be utterly scorned and despised.



ROSE

[This message was edited by Rose on May 29, 2004 at 07:36 PM.]