I Relate to You

This is timeless,

Before you were, we chose you,
Not fair I know, you had no say.

With you, an overwhelming abundance of love,
Overwhelming us all.

Selfless love is not simple.
I care of the good sweet Sonia in 'War and Peace'.
She gave her vulnerable heart prematurely to someone not to be trusted.

What about Mary in Middlemarch?  I clear headed woman, and more astute.
She told Fred that if he became a Parson, she would not marry him, for he was not cut out to serve, and she couldn't live with a lie.

And then there is poor, suffering Joe Gargery, in Great Expectations. Pure, simple, enduring, abused love. 

I think of 'The Father' in the Gospels, sitting, longing in agony for his son to hit rock bottom and return.
Time and distance had no influence over how he felt.
A powerful man, powerless, holding his pain.

In the garden, the Creator realised this unequal love and knew his creation would never be satisfied. Selflessly He formed  a perfect partner, and then stood back, eyes averted.

King David desired to build a temple to the Lord .  But he was not the one, and accepted that his role was to be a supporting act.  Vital, but without the glory.

Listening is the channel,
Forgiveness is it's highest expression,
Love is powerful, it burns to the touch.