Love Warrior

“My courage will come from knowing I can handle whatever I encounter there -- because I was designed by my Creator to not only survive pain and love but also to become whole inside it. I was born to do this. I am a Warrior.”  Glennon Doyle Melton, Love Warrior: A Memoir

Some days my heart is filled with love

And on others it leaks pain

But I carry on, Father

For nothing is in vain.

These two are friends of mine and teachers

And shaped me, into me

To run away because it costs me

Would mean forgetting I am free

And I am free because they freed me

From all the running, guilt and fear

This pain and love You brought me, Father

Have taught me that You're always near.

And I look closely dear Father

At all the work they do in me

The way that they complete each other

And open all of me to see.

And what I see just makes me wonder

Why was I running all along

When love was teaching me about kindness

And pain was showing me I'm strong?

But now I see their purpose, Father

That's why I'm calling them my friends

For pain has turned me into a fighter

And love into a pair of hands.

My hands just want to caress others

The hurt, the lost, the broken ones...

I want to fight as pain has taught me

For all Your daughters and Your sons...

So thank You, Father, I am grateful

For sending these two friends my way

Help me to love like love has taught me

And fight for kindness everyday.