Do you love Me?

Lord, you are so good, so sweet, and so merciful
There are not words enough to tell how much I love You.
Your love is so great it stretches across the heaven,
From the highest mountain to the lowest valley, it is always there.
You loved me when I was totally unlovable.
I will always love you for that with all my heart.

I heard a quiet voice whisper do you love me, truly
Yes, yes of course I do. You have to know I do.
Oh, the day is almost gone and only now are you find time for me.
Is it because you miss me, you want something, or duty?
I miss talking to you also you know.
I want to know how you day is going?
I want to encourage you and lift you up when thing are hard.
I have so much joy and happiness it is running over.
I wanted to share some with you.
I tried to talk to you several times today and you turn away.
You did not know what to do; I want to tell you,
However, you shut me out when I wanted to bless you with wisdom.
I saw you take time today to help someone and I was proud of you
How could I tell you, when you will not set still for a minute?
Sometimes I just want to share my heart, to be one with you.
I want to know you care what I think what I feel.
Sometimes I feel as if you do not think I have feeling too.
You know you find time to talk to your other friends,
What are they doing that I cannot? Do they love you more than I do?
It hurts me when don’t trust me.
You ask for a gift. I want to give you one.
I picked it out especially for you.
It was far nicer than you asked for but I could not help myself.
I just knew you love it.
You had not time for me so I could not give it.
Then I heard you question if I would be willing to give it.
Then you sound as if you expected me to give you poison.
It hurts me that you don’t know me better than that.
You know not every bad thing is my fault.
I am still the same whether your day is good or bad.
I love you with an everlasting love and
I would never purposely hurt you. It is not who I am.
You are my child that I have search for and chosen you.
I am your father and I love you and want to bless you.
I don’t know how to make you believe me.
I took your place. I shed my blood. I died for you.
I don’t know what else I could do.

However, I am glad you here now. I love you and I miss you.
I love to hear you sing praise, to dance and clap your hands,
Shout for joy, earnestly praise my name, but I want it freely given.
I want to you to want to be with me.
I don’t want you to come to me just because,
You feel you have to come just because it Sunday.
If you refused to worship the rocks would cry out in praise.
I know who I am; I don’t need you mindless words
Repeated to make you feel good and reassure you.
I have all the gold and diamonds in the world,
I don’t need you mite in order to get by.
I spoke and made the sun, the moon, the earth and all in it.
Why is it you think I require you help?
I have given you everything you have. Why do you think that I would steal from you?
If you truly love me, you would believe what I say.
Just one true heartfelt I love from you was worth dying for.


My heart broke at his rebuke and again, when he asked,
Do you love me, not just with cheap words but with deeds?
Do you love me enough to go out of your way?
Do you love me enough to take time from your day?
Do you love me enough to turn off the TV and pick up the Bible?
Do you love me more than riches, power, fame, time, family, and self?
Do you love me more than drugs, drink, sex, or money?
Do you love me enough to feed and tend my sheep?
Do you love me enough to tell your neighbor about me?
Do you love me enough not to judge him?
Do you love me enough to face rejection?
Do you love me enough to forgive the person that has hurt you?
Do you love me enough not to lie, cheat, steal, gossip, and kill?
Do you love me enough to do what right,
Even when it hard and no one looking but me?
Do you love me enough to serve, to wash the others feet,
Even if only I see?
Do you love me enough to except that my way is better than your?
Do you love me enough to trust me to want only the best for you?
Do you love me enough to give me your dreams and hopes?
Do you love me enough to let me take your fears and pain?
Do you love me enough to do what I asked
Even if it is not what you have always done what you are comfortable with?
Do you love me enough to take my spiritual gifts, all of them not just the ones you like?
Do you love me enough to total except my gift on the cross?
Do you love me enough to walk the aisles and surrender all?

If you do, then observe and obey my commandments.

Kathy Barnes
Copyright 9-07-08