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https://allpoetry.com/poem/16445810-He-First-Loved-Us–second-draft–by-Seah-Ray

He First Loved Us (second draft)

“He First Loved Us.”

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Is it difficult
to perceive

altruistic love

spun/hung daily
as myriads of ancient stars,
inclusive of ones

that shoot across glorious midnight skies,

as a moon beams blue, orange, partial,
or magnificently gleaming full,

until a brilliant sun
dispenses rays

to evaporate reigns
to agony strung

streaming to comfort
in warmth…

as we navigate this violent sea of humanity
tossed about in hatred
to become towering waves

not peaked as foamy white
glistening

but tinged with red in debilitating seasons
as blood spilled speaks, cries, shouts, wreaks
of greed, anger, inhumane apathy

until in death
bodies curl to sleep

while sorrow traverses on rivers of tears
tethered to mankind’s groaning/moaning exhaustively?

Is this our individual constant peep
to permit our eyes to sweep extensively
towards pensively pathetic everyday musings?

Do we ‘believe’ anyone is listening?

Or should we not seek an answer ‘true’
from those not prone to lies and ‘abusing’?

Do we hide behind the ‘few’ of powerful currency
seeing this catastrophe as mildly amusing
as pursued an alternative–space… when finished
this plain; stripped in entirety of natural elements to use?

A ‘light’ is ‘queued’ to guide us through
these frightening typhoons

striking fear into our multi-hued cores.

Should we not tune into His invisible strong commands
instructing us as to what we can do?

We need not be sunk or weighed under forlorn
due to a spirit of ‘incredulity’ demanding exclusivity…

Because a spirit Son for our ransom
was centuries ago born to die.

With love imbued

by a Father who desires to anchor our souls
to an eternal existence of joy to behold:

sunrises
sunsets
wild horses galloping across variant plains.
Orcas, dolphins, with children playing…

He desires to save us from heartrending outcries.
We must cease this ‘apathetic’ delaying…

We are globally heard…

Or shall we just consume increasing ‘realities’
of wicked ones gleefully slaying;

thinking no one will check their hands?

Is ‘arming’ up in retaliatory defense
‘the’ answer worth promoting; ‘blanket’ in saying?

Should we not gaze up pass our war weapon-filled heavens,
while on aching knees and with bleeding hearts
in sincerity praying

for a vision
of what life would be

under Theocracy?

Should we not ask for wisdom, an understanding of potent or happifying prophecy?

Where Can You Find Real Hope?*
all ‘truth-seekers’ should contemplate…

Should we not recognize our international imperative need:

Someone greater than any man or woman
by imperfection and dying impeded

to raise us up and out of this churning mire
not for a ‘term’ or two

but for An Eternity.

Decreed:

“No one has love greater than this, that someone should surrender his life in behalf of his friends.” John 15:13.

Take Hold of a ‘Surety’… Before its too late

*https://www.jw.org/finder?wtlocale=E&docid=1011268&srcid=share

1 John 4:19.
[ Nothing] will be able to separate us from God’s love that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.​—Rom. 8:39.

Everything Jehovah does is motivated by love. He lovingly cares for all our needs. Out of love, Jehovah provided the ransom arrangement for us. As for Jesus, he loves us so much that he gave his life for us. (John 3:16; 15:13) Nothing can break the bond of love that Jehovah and Jesus feel for those who are loyal to them. (John 13:1; Rom. 8:35) Likewise, everything a family head does should be motivated by love. Why is that so important? The apostle John answers: “The one who does not love his brother [or family], whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen.” (1 John 4:11, 20) Specifically, a man who loves his family and who wants to imitate Jehovah and Jesus will provide for his family’s spiritual, emotional, and material needs. (1 Tim. 5:8) He will train and discipline his children. He will also continue to learn to make decisions that honor Jehovah and benefit his family. w21.02 5 ¶12-13

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