BECAUSE, AFTER, IF, AND WHEN

I have been known to fall into Despair,
Believing the words of the legalists,
Who say The Beloved Loves “because”…

Loves only “after” we…
Loves only “if” we…
Loves only “when” we.

In those moments of deepest despair,
I think to put and end to this life,
And any that might follow thereafter.

For I would not live for even one moment,
If a life where The Beloved Loves because,
Only after… only if… only when.

But in such moments, She stays my hand,
And reveals through Love,again, and again,
The terrible deceit of the legalists.

For my imperfections do not diminish,
Nor my few virtues increase, by one whit,
The Love that Fills me, through Grace.

If She will not dwell in an unclean temple,
How is it, then, that She Inhabits my Heart,
As Love, Causeless and Unconditional…

Not because, not after, not if, not when.

Original art by Yong Sung Kim

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