For my church’s talent show this year:

I chose this poem because it is a Christian poem and  it tells of God’s ”Brave-hearted son.”                              

          The Hurt of Love

Oh the hurt, the hurt, and the hurt of love!
Wherever the sunshines, the waters go.
It hurts the snowdrop, it hurts the dove.
God on his throne, and man below.

But the sun would not shine, nor waters go,
Snowdrop tremble, nor fair dove moan,
God be on high, nor man below.
But for love — for the love with its hurts alone.

Thou knowest ,O Saviour its hurts and its sorrows;
Didst rescue its joy by the might of thy pain:
Lord of all yesterdays, days, and to-                                                                    
Help us love on in the hope of thy gain; Hurt as it may, love on, love forever:
Love on for loves sake like the Father above,
But for whose brave-hearted Son we had never
Known the sweet hurt of sorrowful Love.
               

             George Macdonald

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