Love Is

Love is not emotion welling up from deep inside Love is having strength enough to put away your pride Love is not abasing or absorbed in selfish spurn Love is giving of yourself not asking in return Love is patient love is kind It does not envy nor does it boast It is not arrogant or rude Does not demand its own way Love is not irritable does not resent It does not exult in doing wrong But rejoices in the truth Love bears all things believes all things It hopes all things endures all things Love lasts forever without end Faith hope and love these three abide But the greatest of these is love Love is not impassioned kiss or lover's sweet embrace Love is showering a friend with dignity and grace Love is not ensnared in callousness or disbelief Love is sacrifice and trust despite old pain and grief Love is patient love is kind It does not envy nor does it boast It is not arrogant or rude Does not demand its own way Love is not irritable does not resent It does not exult in doing wrong But rejoices in the truth Love bears all things believes all things It hopes all things endures all things Love lasts forever without end Faith hope and love these three abide But the greatest of these is love Love is not one sided just taking from another Love is giving willingly fully to each other Love is not ephemeral as fitful as the winds Love is freedom in the truth because it never ends Love is patient love is kind It does not envy nor does it boast It is not arrogant or rude Does not demand its own way Love is not irritable does not resent It does not exult in doing wrong But rejoices in the truth Love bears all things believes all things It hopes all things endures all things Love lasts forever without end Faith hope and love these three abide But the greatest of these is love Faith hope and love these three abide But the greatest of these is love The greatest of these is love