Take a few minutes and just read it, bask in it;
Love bade me welcome, yet my soul drew back
Guilty of dust and sin
Buy quick-eyed Love, observing me grow slack
From my first entrance in,
Drew nearer to me, sweetly questioning,
If I lack'd any thing.
Guilty of dust and sin
Buy quick-eyed Love, observing me grow slack
From my first entrance in,
Drew nearer to me, sweetly questioning,
If I lack'd any thing.
A guest, I answer'd, worth to be here:
Love said, You shall be he.
I the unkind, ungrateful? Ah, my dear, I cannot look on thee.
Love took my hand, and smiling did reply,
Who made the eyes but I?
Truth, Lord, but I have marr'd them: let my shame
Go where it doth deserve.
And know you not, says Love, who bore the blame?
My dear, then I will serve.
You must sit down, says Love. And taste my meat
So I did sit and eat.
what gets me is how God is depicted as Love. The meaning of love has been so commercialised that we forget that the true essence and the true meaning of love. Love is God. God's love for our world was displayed through His son who died on a cross for us. God loved us so much that he sacrificed His own son so that we, who rebelled and were far away from God could come back to him. That is true, sacrificial love.
Notice also how God draws near to the protagonist. God moves towards the person because of the overflow of love He has for his child and look at the nurturing aspects of drawing near. Even though we are guilty of sin and feel unworthy, God still draws near to us and wants to be near us. He isn't an absence God, He is a caring, compassionate God for his children and yearns to be in communion with each single one of his creation.
There is just so much you can take out of this poem and I love that. People interrupt in different ways and I really think God can speak powerfully through this poem. Metaphysical poets are absolute heros when writing Christian poems, this will not be the last of the use of metaphysical poems by me!
Boom
C*
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