April 2, 2014

Let love heap

By Patty Perkins

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What measure do others use

when deciding how much to give me?

How do they know how much to pour—

to hold love back or let love heap.

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Do I let love abundantly spill

or scrape the excess and hoard.

Do I generously give from the till—

or remeasure, lest they get more.

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The truth can fully hurt

and an empty lap can weep—

when the measure given away

is exactly, what comes back to me.

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by Patty Perkins

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Luke 6:38 “Give, and it will be given to you. A good measures, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.”*

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About Patty Perkins

I'm Patty, writer of the devotional blog, Beside Quiet Waters. I love writing, reading and taking long walks with my camera. I've been married to my loving husband for 40 years. We have two grown sons, two lovely daughters-in-law, and two amazing grandchildren. I am thankful for a place to share spilled ink, in hopes of encouraging others to find daily hope and inspiration in God's Word. View all posts by Patty Perkins

This entry was posted on Wednesday, April 2nd, 2014 at 5:00 pm and tagged with Abundant, Christian Poetry, Devotional, Excess, Generous, Give, Hoard, love, Measure, Pour, Spill, The One Year Bible 3/24 and posted in Devotional. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.

6 responses to “Let love heap”

dianarasmussen
April 2nd, 2014 at 7:52 pm

This is beautiful Patty. Thank you for sharing such truth. Blessings, Diana

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- Patty Perkins
  April 3rd, 2014 at 8:50 am
  
  Thanks so much, Diana. Appreciate you!
  
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Starralee
April 2nd, 2014 at 11:26 pm

Wow, beautiful poem and great message. God bless you.

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- Patty Perkins
  April 3rd, 2014 at 8:53 am
  
  Thank you! I needed this message…again:)
  
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  - Starralee
    April 3rd, 2014 at 2:00 pm
    
    My problem, and I doubt I’m unique, is that I do give in “heaps”–and then one day I wake up dry and emptied out, nothin’ left. I’m sure that’s confusing and hurtful to people–but I have to regroup, refill.
Patty Perkins
April 3rd, 2014 at 3:58 pm

I get that. I, too, have to take time to regroup. It’s amazing what comes back when we give even little heaps…like a smile, a friendly hello or small talk at the check-out. It doesn’t take a lot to warm a day and the blessings that come back always surprise me.

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