Love's Victims

God is a victim of the love He is,*
He can’t help leaning on His weakest reed,
He can’t help loving this littlest lamb of His,
He can’t help helping in his hour of need.

God makes me too a victim of His love,
I no more can resist than even He,
though He is God, He’s still a victim of
this irresistable power of love for me.

God’s free to love or not like You and I,
but when I choose love, freedom can’t resist,
nor can I flee His love, nor can I fly
from His great gift of love in Eucharist.

As victim of Your love, Lord, I can’t flee
from sharing love as You’ve commanded me.

* 1 John 4:16 -- “God is love . . .”

                   -- by Pete Voelz       11/8/12