A Poem: The Love Of God Last Forever And Stands The Test Of Time

Author:
Funom Theophilus Makama
Updated:
Jul 24, 2013

What will separate us From the Love of God?

I was going through some Hubs today when I read a very beautiful Poem about the Love of God by Faith Reaper. That hub in particular immediately inspired me through the word of God to write a short Poem. I wrote a rough sketch of the poem as inspired, then did some good follow up to polish it very well. More inspiration came from this Biblie verse:

Romans 8: 38-39: "For I am convinced that neither death nor Life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any power, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation will be able to separate us from the Love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord". Hope you enjoy the Poem.

BIBLICAL LOVE PSYCHOLOGY

THE SOUL TALKERS

Man Can Fail!

Man promises heaven and earth
even with intensed emotions, yet he's fake
and when his manifestation is done
the effect suddenly hits hard like an earthquake

after a while, I stand up from my fall to trust again
but with the mysterious human mind so Opaque
I'm being picked and thrown back to the same spot like a rake
completely drowned and stagnant in an iced-lake.

Then finally, I found someone
who has already paid the price for my sake
so unbelievable is the experience with him
that it seemed i'm just awake.

Despite being on a verge to break
He made me worthy of a re-make.
Surely, His love knows no fault or mistake.

The scattered ingredients, he is ready to take
expertly mixing them, prepared to bake
Loh and behold! The final piece: an eyecatching Cake
He has crafted me into for heads to shake

Such love can never wax cold
lasting forever and standing the test of time
because I know and I am sure;
me, He will never forsake.

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Comments

manatita44 from london on October 27, 2019:

Significant message. The Supreme is your only friend. Much Love

Gel Delgado from Bacolod City, Philippines on August 30, 2018:

Wonderful poem! God bless you. Keep sharing God's love!

CarolineVABC from Castaic on July 04, 2014:

This is a beautifully well-written poem, Funom Makama 3! I love the way you wrote about God's undying love for His children. He wants all of us to be a part of His kingdom. He has paid the price for us, so we might be saved. Thank you for writing such a thought-provoking hub! Please, keep writing. God bless!

Funom Theophilus Makama (author) from Europe on June 10, 2013:

Thanks a lot thoughtfulgirl2

Claudia Smaletz from East Coast on June 09, 2013:

Loved your poem. We need more positive thoughts and actions in this world. Thank-you for sharing this poem with all of us. Good luck on hubpages:)

Funom Theophilus Makama (author) from Europe on June 09, 2013:

yes Treasuresofheaven. Thank you very much for your comment.

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Sima Ballinger from Michigan on June 09, 2013:

Truly enjoyed this poem. You are a wonderful writer. Thank God, he will never forsake us!

Funom Theophilus Makama (author) from Europe on December 24, 2012:

Thanks a lot.... God is love

God is love on December 24, 2012:

Thanks to God for such a piece and may His Love shine to all men that they shall see and glorify Him. Keep up with the good work Mr Funom Makama

Funom Theophilus Makama (author) from Europe on December 03, 2012:

Thanks a lot skye2day... I really appreacite your kind words.. Let's continue to share in His love and hold steadfast to it... It's really nice knowing the words are touching lots of lives... Thanks so much

skye2day from Rocky Mountains on November 30, 2012:

funom Oh it is a beautiful precious gift when we get inspiration from the Holy Spirit of God. In the poems I have written, I have been inspired. It was like the words came and I could not write fast enough.

I love your poem. Thank you so much for sharing the love of Christ and your love for Him. Thank you for sharing the story about how you were inspired. Look forward to seeing you in my neighborhood. May the love of Christ shine in you each day brother. Your sister, Skye

shared voted up (((

skye2day from Rocky Mountains on November 30, 2012:

shared voted up

Funom Theophilus Makama (author) from Europe on November 15, 2012:

Thanks a lot Cresentmoon2007

Cresentmoon2007 from Caledonia, MI on November 15, 2012:

Such a beautiful poem you have written here. Voted up.

Funom Theophilus Makama (author) from Europe on November 12, 2012:

Thanks a lot drpastorcarlotta... I will definitely do so..

Pastor Dr Carlotta Boles from BREAKOUT MINISTRIES, INC. KC on November 11, 2012:

Wonderful Poem! Bless you! When you have a cahnce, come visit me. Voted-Up!

Funom Theophilus Makama (author) from Europe on November 09, 2012:

Thanks a lot starstream,,,

Dreamer at heart from Northern California on November 09, 2012:

You have the ability to communicate in a wonderful way and are such a positive speaker. Yes, faith is the greatest gift. So many are confused and reluctant to trust faith. Thanks for your beautiful comments on my profile. Glad to meet you.

Funom Theophilus Makama (author) from Europe on November 06, 2012:

Thanks a lot sueswan for your encouragement.

Sueswan on November 05, 2012:

"Such love can never wax cold

lasting forever and standing the test of time

because I know and I am sure;

me, He will never forsake."

Amen! A beautiful poem of faith and God's love.

Voted up and away

Take care and God bless

Funom Theophilus Makama (author) from Europe on October 30, 2012:

Thanks a lot roberthewattsr,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

rOBERT hEWETT SR. from Louisville, Kentucky on October 30, 2012:

What an impact your poem has made on the Hub community for your faith shines through like the Evening star. Thanks for following me I am glad to be following you.

The Character of Love on October 28, 2012:

Long-suffering

The word makrothumei literally hints of taking a long time to get angry! In the New Testament, it has to do with how one should respond to abuse. Love patiently waits and attempts to win over one’s adversary.

William Barclay tells the following enlightening story. Edwin Stanton was the bitter opponent of Abraham Lincoln in the early days of their political careers. Stanton characterized the awkward-looking Lincoln as a clown, a gorilla, etc. When Lincoln became president, however, he appointed Stanton as his secretary of war, because he felt that he was the best man for the job. Later, when President Lincoln lay dead from Booth’s bullet, at the bedside Stanton tearfully said: “There lies the greatest ruler of men the world has ever seen.” Patience had conquered (1956, 133).

Kind

A wise man declared: “That which makes a man to be desired is his kindness” (Proverbs 19:22). Kindness includes attributes like friendliness, compassion, generosity, and tenderness. To be kind is to be God-like (Luke 6:35).

In a world that is saturated with harshness, a kind disposition is a refreshing breeze. There is many a woman who would trade a handsome husband for a kind one. Kindness would stifle the plague of child abuse. More kindness among brothers in the Lord would alleviate so much church trouble. The Scriptures demand that we be kind to one another (Ephesians 4:32).

Not Envious

The consuming flames of jealousy are as cruel as hell (Song of Solomon 8:6). What is jealousy? Jealousy is a feeling of displeasure caused by the prosperity of another, coupled with a desire to wrest the advantage from the person who is the object of one’s envy. The loving person will rejoice at the success of others. Jealousy has destroyed many a home and church. Envy was one of the sins responsible for the death of Christ (Matthew 27:18; cf. Acts 7:9; 17:5).

Not Boastful

“Let another man praise you, and not your own mouth” (Proverbs 27:2). Is there anyone more of a bore than a braggart? Genuine love is selfless. It seeks to extol the virtues of others. Love has words of encouragement for the lonely, the downtrodden, and others who deserve and need uplifting. But some are ever tooting their own horns. When a windbag preacher boasts that were it not for his efforts the whole brotherhood of Christ would be immersed in apostasy, one cannot but be reminded of this descriptive.

Not Arrogant

The original language here denotes one who is inflated with a sense of personal pride. Pride is unreasonable self-esteem, generally accompanied by insolence and rude treatment of others. It deceives the heart (Jeremiah 49:16), hardens the mind (Daniel 5:20), and results in destruction (Proverbs 16:18). Love is characterized by genuine humility.

Not Rude

The Greek expression here literally suggests the notion of being “without form.” It encompasses all sorts of evil activity, bad manners, and brutal rudeness. Love doesn’t deliberately seek to be offensive.

Have you known anyone who took pride in his ability to bludgeon others? The Christian’s vocabulary should be characterized by such expressions as, “No, you first,” “Please,” “Thank you,” “How may I help you?” etc. Love operates with determined politeness. The terms “gentleman” and “lady” should reach their zenith in the context of Christianity.

Not Egocentric

The meaning is: love does not pursue its own interests. Love is not selfish. It has been said that there are two kinds of people: those who are always thinking of their rights, and those who concentrate on their responsibilities. Ours is an age of woeful selfishness.

Everyone is protective of their own rights, but in far too many instances the disposition evolves into an attitude that says: “Let others fend for themselves; I’m looking after ‘Number One.’” After all, it’s a jungle out there—a dog-eat-dog world. Whence came the origin of this fang-and-claw philosophy?

Whence the origin of this fang-and-claw philosophy? Satan adopted it first, and he was followed by a long line of henchmen, e.g., Darwin, Nietzsche, Lenin, Hitler, et al.

By way of stark contrast was the sacrificial example of the Son of God (Philippians 2:5-8), the apostle Paul (2 Corinthians 12:15), Timothy (Philippians 2:20), and numerous souls since those ancient times. Love thinks of others and seeks to serve.

Not Quickly Provoked

Love does not have a short fuse; it does not stroll about with a chip on its shoulder. Some folks are cocked, just ready to explode. Their day is ruined if someone does not provide the opportunity for them to give a piece of their mind. Genuine love does everything possible to avoid combat. If conflict for truth has to come, so be it; but one should not live in the objective case and kickative mood!

Not a “Record-Keeper” of Mistakes

This descriptive does not mean that love ignores evil. That view would contradict numerous other passages of Scripture. There are times when evil must be exposed, rebuked, and disciplined. The Greek word for “account” is from logizomai, a commercial expression which suggests writing a transaction in the record so as not to forget it. Love does not keep score, as in, “Three times this month he has neglected to speak to me.” The one who says, “I must forgive you, but I will never forget what you did,” has miserably failed the test of agape. Love does not harbor bitterness nor does it plot revenge.

No Pleasure in Wrong, Only in Truth

Since love always seeks the good of others, it can never rejoice when evil prevails. When a brother falls—even an obnoxious one—we should never entertain secret thoughts of satisfaction. Rejoicing in moral wickedness is at variance with biblical love and does not have humanity’s welfare at heart.

For example, those who exult in parades for “gay rights,” or who gleefully celebrate the liberalization of abortion laws, have utterly no perception of what real love is. Divine love cannot be divorced from objective truth.

Supportive

The verb stego conveys the picture of one object on top of another, thus hinting of either support (by the lower object) or concealment (by the upper object) (Vine 1951, 132). The ideas are not mutually exclusive—especially in this context.

Love supports, uplifts those who are in need of such. Jesus was constantly in trouble with his Jewish critics because of his encouragement of the downtrodden (cf. Luke 15:1ff). Moreover, one who operates out of love will cover (i.e., be slow to expose) the mistakes of another. Love “would far rather set about quietly mending things than publicly displaying and rebuking them” (Barclay 1956, 137). It is unfortunate that some are militant to expose and rebuke, but so stubbornly resistant to forgiving.

Of course there may be a time for the open exposure of wrong (cf. 1 Corinthians 5:1ff; 1 Timothy 5:20), but this is certainly not the initial procedure. The loving soul does not froth at the bit at the prospect of such an adventure!

Trusts

This does not mean that love is gullible. Believing error is both wrong and dangerous (cf. 2 Thessalonians 2:11-12). Rather, the apostle has something else in mind. The sense of the verb pisteuo (believes) here is probably that of trusting (J.B. Phillips, The New Testament in Modern English). The word can surely have that meaning (cf. John 2:24), and that seems to be indicated here. Love will give the benefit of the doubt.

When you hear a distasteful report concerning a fellow Christian, do you hesitate to believe it until the evidence is overwhelming? In these times when error is so rampant in the church, we must resist the temptation to be quickly and recklessly suspicious. It is never proper to shoot first and ask questions later. We should strive to be more trusting of our loved ones in Christ.

Hopes

Love is optimistic; it entertains the highest expectations. Sometimes we see a struggling brother and perhaps think: “He will never make it.” Whereas we ought to say, “I believe that with God’s assistance—and mine—he will make it!” If we must err on the pessimism/optimism scale, let us err in the direction of hope.

Endures

Even when adversity challenges again and again, love continues to operate. Agape is tough.

The Context on October 28, 2012:

A word must be said regarding the context in which agape is employed in this epistle. By the imposition of apostolic hands (cf. Acts 8:18; 2 Corinthians 9:2), some members of the Corinthian church had been granted certain supernatural gifts (e.g., the gift of healing, speaking in a foreign language, translating a foreign tongue, etc.; cf. 1 Corinthians 12:8-11).

Some of these Corinthian gift-holders, however, were abusing their spiritual privileges—exercising the signs as an end within themselves, and not out of regard for their family in the Lord. For example, sometimes there would be multiple verbal presentations simultaneously, creating a climate of confusion (cf. 1 Corinthians 14:29-33). That was hardly conducive to learning.

In addition, the apostle noted that the time was coming when these gifts would be removed from the church’s possession. When the revelatory process was completed (with the finished product of the New Testament), the gifts would cease (1 Corinthians 13:8ff). The discussion of “love” thus serves a twofold function in 1 Corinthians 13. First, it seeks to regulate selfish abuses of spiritual gifts; second, love’s abiding nature is contrasted with the temporal character of miraculous gifts. In the balance of this discussion, we will reflect upon the quality of agape love as described in this context.

The “Love” Vocabulary on October 28, 2012:

Koine Greek had several words representing different aspects of love. Eros generally had to do with sexual love. From this term derives the English “erotic.” This word, however, is never found in the New Testament.

Then there was the noun storge. This term was primarily employed of family affection. Paul used a negative form of it in describing the base traits of certain pagans of his day. He spoke of those who were “without natural affection” (astorgous-Romans 1:31).

A very common word for love during the apostolic age was philia. It is the word of genuine affection — heart love. It is seen in the name, Philadelphia (brotherly love). Jesus had this kind of love for his closest disciple, John (John 20:2), and for Lazarus (John 11:3).

The noblest form of love, however, was agape. William Barclay, in his superb discussion of this word, noted:

Agape has to do with the mind: it is not simply an emotion which rises unbidden in our hearts; it is a principle by which we deliberately live (1974, 21).

It is the kind of love that we must have for all men — even our enemies (Matthew 5:44). The Christian must always act out of love, i.e., in the best interest of his fellow human beings.

Unquestionably, the most exhaustive treatment of what this kind of love involves is found in 1 Corinthians, chapter thirteen. Within this context, the inspired apostle gives more than a dozen descriptives which regulate the operation of agape love.

And what a challenge they are. To study them carefully is to come to the rude awakening of how far we fall short of measuring up to the divine ideal of concern for others. The following is the sacred text as it appears in the English Standard Version.

Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends (4-8a).

The Challenge of “Agape” Love By Wayne Jackson on October 28, 2012:

The New Testament was written in Koine Greek. The word Koine denotes “common,” because this style of Greek was the language of the common man-on-the-street during the time of Christ.

Koine Greek came into vogue about 300 years before the birth of Jesus, and it became an obsolete language about three centuries after the Lord’s death. It was the most precise instrument for the conveyance of human thought that the world has ever known. Without doubt, this language was providentially employed by God in giving the world the New Testament revelation of his Son.

Agape Love A Tradition Found in Eight World Religions on October 28, 2012:

The tradition of agape, or unconditional love, is not exclusive to any one religion. Actually, it is a major underlying principle found in religions worldwide. The concept of altruistic love is one that challenges the spiritual person to "love your enemies," or to "love without thought of return." It is a love that flows out to others in the form of compassion, kindness, tenderness, and charitable giving.

Buddhists have a path of compassion, where caring for others becomes the motivating force behind existence. Hindus have a branch of yoga, the heart-centered path, that leads to enlightenment through an overwhelming love for God that takes the form of loving all of humanity. Eastern religions, such as Taoism and Confucianism, see transcendent love as essential part of true wisdom.

The universal theme of love is found in all religious traditions, Buddhist, Christian, Islam, or others. As we begin realize that all religions have at their core this spiritual principle of love, we can develop a sense of common humanity. The religious tradition of agape love examined in this book will serve as an inspiration for those who are learning to grow in compassion and love for all people.

Love: Ethics and Politics on October 28, 2012:

The ethical aspects in love involve the moral appropriateness of loving, and the forms it should or should not take. The subject area raises such questions as: is it ethically acceptable to love an object, or to love oneself? Is love to oneself or to another a duty? Should the ethically minded person aim to love all people equally? Is partial love morally acceptable or permissible (that is, not right, but excusable)? Should love only involve those with whom the agent can have a meaningful relationship? Should love aim to transcend sexual desire or physical appearances? May notions of romantic, sexual love apply to same sex couples? Some of the subject area naturally spills into the ethics of sex, which deals with the appropriateness of sexual activity, reproduction, hetero and homosexual activity, and so on.

In the area of political philosophy, love can be studied from a variety of perspectives. For example, some may see love as an instantiation of social dominance by one group (males) over another (females), in which the socially constructed language and etiquette of love is designed to empower men and disempower women. On this theory, love is a product of patriarchy, and acts analogously to Karl Marx’s view of religion (the opiate of the people) that love is the opiate of women. The implication is that were they to shrug off the language and notions of “love,” “being in love,” “loving someone,” and so on, they would be empowered. The theory is often attractive to feminists and Marxists, who view social relations (and the entire panoply of culture, language, politics, institutions) as reflecting deeper social structures that divide people into classes, sexes, and races.

This article has touched on some of the main elements of the philosophy of love. It reaches into many philosophical fields, notably theories of human nature, the self, and of the mind. The language of love, as it is found in other languages as well as in English, is similarly broad and deserves more attention.

The Nature of Love: Physical, Emotional, Spiritual on October 28, 2012:

Some may hold that love is physical, i.e., that love is nothing but a physical response to another whom the agent feels physically attracted to. Accordingly, the action of loving encompasses a broad range of behavior including caring, listening, attending to, preferring to others, and so on. (This would be proposed by behaviorists). Others (physicalists, geneticists) reduce all examinations of love to the physical motivation of the sexual impulse-the simple sexual instinct that is shared with all complex living entities, which may, in humans, be directed consciously, sub-consciously or pre-rationally toward a potential mate or object of sexual gratification.

Physical determinists, those who believe the world to entirely physical and that every event has a prior (physical cause), consider love to be an extension of the chemical-biological constituents of the human creature and be explicable according to such processes. In this vein, geneticists may invoke the theory that the genes (an individual’s DNA) form the determining criteria in any sexual or putative romantic choice, especially in choosing a mate. However, a problem for those who claim that love is reducible to the physical attractiveness of a potential mate, or to the blood ties of family and kin which forge bonds of filial love, is that it does not capture the affections between those who cannot or wish not to reproduce-that is, physicalism or determinism ignores the possibility of romantic, ideational love—it may explain eros, but not philia or agape.

Behaviorism, which stems from the theory of the mind and asserts a rejection of Cartesian dualism between mind and body, entails that love is a series of actions and preferences which is thereby observable to oneself and others. The behaviorist theory that love is observable (according to the recognizable behavioral constraints corresponding to acts of love) suggests also that it is theoretically quantifiable: that A acts in a certain way (actions X,Y,Z) around B, more so than he does around C, suggests that he “loves” B more than C. The problem with the behaviorist vision of love is that it is susceptible to the poignant criticism that a person’s actions need not express their inner state or emotions—A may be a very good actor. Radical behaviorists, such as B. F. Skinner, claim that observable and unobservable behavior such as mental states can be examined from the behaviorist framework, in terms of the laws of conditioning. On this view, that one falls in love may go unrecognised by the casual observer, but the act of being in love can be examined by what events or conditions led to the agent’s believing she was in love: this may include the theory that being in love is an overtly strong reaction to a set of highly positive conditions in the behavior or presence of another.

Expressionist love is similar to behaviorism in that love is considered an expression of a state of affairs towards a beloved, which may be communicated through language (words, poetry, music) or behavior (bringing flowers, giving up a kidney, diving into the proverbial burning building), but which is a reflection of an internal, emotional state, rather than an exhibition of physical responses to stimuli. Others in this vein may claim love to be a spiritual response, the recognition of a soul that completes one’s own soul, or complements or augments it. The spiritualist vision of love incorporates mystical as well as traditional romantic notions of love, but rejects the behaviorist or physicalist explanations.

Those who consider love to be an aesthetic response would hold that love is knowable through the emotional and conscious feeling it provokes yet which cannot perhaps be captured in rational or descriptive language: it is instead to be captured, as far as that is possible, by metaphor or by music.

The Nature of Love: Romantic Love on October 28, 2012:

Romantic love is deemed to be of a higher metaphysical and ethical status than sexual or physical attractiveness alone. The idea of romantic love initially stems from the Platonic tradition that love is a desire for beauty-a value that transcends the particularities of the physical body. For Plato, the love of beauty culminates in the love of philosophy, the subject that pursues the highest capacity of thinking. The romantic love of knights and damsels emerged in the early medieval ages (11th Century France, fine amour) a philosophical echo of both Platonic and Aristotelian love and literally a derivative of the Roman poet, Ovid and his Ars Amatoria. Romantic love theoretically was not to be consummated, for such love was transcendentally motivated by a deep respect for the lady; however, it was to be actively pursued in chivalric deeds rather than contemplated-which is in contrast to Ovid’s persistent sensual pursuit of conquests!

Modern romantic love returns to Aristotle’s version of the special love two people find in each other’s virtues-one soul and two bodies, as he poetically puts it. It is deemed to be of a higher status, ethically, aesthetically, and even metaphysically than the love that behaviorists or physicalists describe.

Philosophy of Love: An Overview on October 28, 2012:

examines the nature of love and some of the ethical and political ramifications. For the philosopher, the question “what is love?” generates a host of issues: love is an abstract noun which means for some it is a word unattached to anything real or sensible, that is all; for others, it is a means by which our being – our self and its world – are irrevocably affected once we are ‘touched by love’; some have sought to analyze it, others have preferred to leave it in the realm of the ineffable.

Yet it is undeniable that love plays an enormous and unavoidable role in our several cultures; we find it discussed in song, film, and novels – humorously or seriously; it is a constant theme of maturing life and a vibrant theme for youth. Philosophically, the nature of love has, since the time of the Ancient Greeks, been a mainstay in philosophy, producing theories that range from the materialistic conception of love as purely a physical phenomenon – an animalistic or genetic urge that dictates our behavior – to theories of love as an intensely spiritual affair that in its highest permits us to touch divinity. Historically, in the Western tradition, Plato’s Symposium presents the initiating text, for it provides us with an enormously influential and attractive notion that love is characterized by a series of elevations, in which animalistic desire or base lust is superseded by a more intellectual conception of love which also is surpassed by what may be construed by a theological vision of love that transcends sensual attraction and mutuality. Since then there have been detractors and supporters of Platonic love as well as a host of alternative theories – including that of Plato’s student, Aristotle and his more secular theory of true love reflecting what he described as ‘two bodies and one soul.’