Beginning, Middle, End: A Reflective Prayer

God’s love, of course, is without end

said The Chronicler, echoed by the Psalmist.

Each hurled this absolute truth from

the inner depths of experience, bidding us

to reach the same conclusion

and, perhaps, assuming we would.

God is love. As if on repeat,

John embraces the former statement

even as he takes us a level beyond.

He hurls his objective truth from

within, from his bowels, as it were,

leaving us no room for any real doubt.

In the beginning: Love. And, obviously,

in the middle: Love. Therefore, in the end:

Love. Except, when it comes to Love,

there shall be no end. Love always is.

From the inmost to the outermost,

Love never fails. Thanks be to God.