Love That Lives

[122 words] From day to day, from heart to heart There lives the hope of a love apart— Apart from the commonplace, content That this is a gift that God has sent.A love that builds, from day to day, A sense of worthiness, and not dismay A bit of heaven, a bit of home — A love that lives, but not for itself alone.A love that takes the borders of life’s care And builds, from these, a pathway to the heavenly stair. A love that nurtures the inward soul And makes of fragments, a living whole.A love that counts not selfish gains Nor finds its joys in others’ pain — But rather seeks, in earthly ways A love that’s best with Heavenly praise. Carl Ballvia Lynn Street Church of ChristParkersburg, WV…