God Is Love

God loves you, and me, which goes

To show how good His taste can be.

But then, you know, He loves others too;

The ones that we could take or leave.

Like the woman down the road with

Camel’s breath and the face of a toad.

But it’s worse than that as we’ll see

By looking back in history. God loves

Judas who betrayed His Son, and Pilate

Who was at a loss, so feebly sent

Him to the cross. He loves every one

Who’s ever lived; and yes those who

Drove the spikes into His flesh.

He not only loves the ones that we

Could love but loves the ones that

We hate. He loves the ones that make

Us weep. He loves the ones that take

Lives on a scale so vast our flesh will

Creep to think of it. He loves Hitler,

Tojo, Mussolini, Stalin too, along with

Franco, and others from that zoo. Idi

Amin, Saddam Hussain, we wonder how.

Lots more too, and Chairman Mao. He

Loves the thieves, the whores, the pimps

And God forbid, but it took a while, to

Realise He even loves the paedophiles.

He loves us all, both good and bad, and

Every shade of in between. He loves the

Dirty and the clean. He loves the ones

That love Him back. He loves the ones

That turn their back. It’s coming closer

Now as you reconcile He loves the one

Who killed your child. He also loves the

One who raped your wife and in doing

So wrecked your life.

For God so loved the world

that He gave His only Son

So that everyone who believes in Him

Will not perish but have eternal life.

God is love

Is that enough?