Love Knows

No thing is known without some sympathy,
so, God, I can't know You from just outside,
just as You know me, Lord, from inside me,
so to know You, I go where You abide.

O Son of God, did You become a man
that You could understand us as we are,
so now as human God You really can
know us up close instead of from afar?

O Christ, not being God, how can I know
the point of view of You so far above?
And yet I think I know: You made me so
I too can share in loving as You love.

O God, if I but love the way You do,
as You know me, I'll partly know You too.

                       -- by Pete Voelz       2/08