The following is one of my favourite poems.It talks of something with eternal shelf-life in our lives.It inspires humbleness.It invokes letting go.I learnt this poem in high school.Its still relevant today.One can never learn enough forgiveness.The action word is learning,because we learn the most when we do or act.And forgiveness has most meaning when we learn it through doing.This way we learn it most personally.And the most struggle is to forgive oneself.To submit.To repent.To start over.To relearn.Here is the poem below.It has deep Christian meaning.When Someone loves so much,when Someone loves you so much,How can you love yourself less.How could you give up on yourself?How can you throw away your dreams?How can you say you cannot?If Someone so powerful,so resourceful,omnipotent take you back so lovingly in His protection.Then this is Love I want to keep alongside me.I want to teach my heart to accept this Grace.His mercy,His Love.
Love bade me welcome, yet my soul drew back,
Guilty of dust and sin.
But quick-ey'd Love, observing me grow slack
From my first entrance in,
Drew nearer to me, sweetly questioning
If I lack'd anything.
"A guest," I answer'd, "worthy to be here";
Love said, "You shall be he."
"I, the unkind, the 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.
-- George Herbert
