The power of Love

The power of Love                                                                                                    
 
I have decided to follow Jesus
(proudly goes the old hymn).
 
One day we might view those lyrics
as a bit of sincere, yet self-centered
 
sentimentality, born of naiveté,
presumption and zeal.  It’s not that anyone
 
ever decides alone to follow the Christ.
It’s more like the time comes about
 
for a reunion of the Spirit, a piercing of the heart,
a sobering up, a summoning home
 
and follow we must – no turning back, no turning back –
loyalty and resolve not from adamant hearts
 
but from the intractable tide of our destiny.
Comes a time when we stop seeing ourselves
 
as deciding the course of our life 
and begin to truly follow our Lord,
 
learning moment to moment where
we are bound and what we are next to do.
 
O child of God, when the power of Love
becomes our fate, the result is irresistible.