FINDING TRUE LOVE

She spent her life looking for love.
Abused as a child, and too threatened to tell,
Her innocence stolen by a minion from Hell;
Then her parents divorced, and a Step-Father came,
Molesting, and telling her she was to blame -
Oh, how much she longed to be loved!

She searched the wrong places for love.
She looked for a Husband to share hopes and joys,
And wanted his children - some girls and some boys.
She dreamed of a home filled with laughter and peace,
A place where her longings and heartache would cease,
While she was enfolded in love.

She chose the wrong people to love.
She listened to men who were glib with their praise;
Believed all their lies, and ignored their cruel ways.
They used and abused her with self-serving schemes,
And none came to be soul-mate of her dreams,
The one she was yearning to love.

She died never finding true love.
Forsaken, embittered, she ended her days.
The men she had lived with had gone separate ways.
She chose an abortion, was never a Wife;
And all she encountered was turmoil and strife,
While she was still looking for love.

We all failed to help her find love.
If we had just shared the sweet story of grace,
Of how Jesus loved her, and died in her place,
She might have asked Jesus her sins to forgive,
And now be in Heaven, forever to live,
While finally finding true love.

Our whole world is lost without love.
And we who know Jesus - are called by His Name,
Who by his great mercy salvation can claim,
Must show forth His love to a world lost in sin,
And led by His Spirit, by prayer draw them in,
So each one may find God's true love.

                                Betty Jo Mings

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