Love Will

Love’s a decision, not just how we feel,
if feelings fade, the will to love remains,
it’s the commitment love makes that is real,
so love grows stronger even when it rains.

Love’s not just savored for the moment then,
it should be no surprise that true love grows,
and feelings, though they go, can come again,
but true love, once it’s kindled, always glows.

A loving heart and mind together rule,
we love with our whole selves, not just a part,
our shallow feelings often play the fool,
a heart of whims is not the truest heart.

So, Lord, as I commit to loving You,
may I will too to love my loved ones true.

                     -- by Pete Voelz       12/19/12