what does love look like?

i used to think that love was romance and something that i could find if i was lucky.
then i realized love defined on a tree.
arms wide open, beckoning me.
love looks like laying down one's life.
this is how i know what love is.
arms wide open, heart exposed.
love is not passive, love is passions flame.

the terrifying beauty of the cross.
the terrifying wisdom of the cross.

love is more than a choice. love is a fire.
love is not refined until its laid on the line.
i was made for love.

He says, you shall love me. you shall love me.
with all your heart. with all your soul. with all your strength. and all you know.

sometimes love looks like a fool with His heart on the line.
looking like a fool, bleeding on a tree, completely misunderstood.
this is how i know what love is.
laying it all down.
love is abandonment.
love is passions flame.
love demands everything.

you shall love Me. you shall love Me.
if you hate this life, then you'll find it.
follow Me in the way of love.

love is passions flame, a jealous name.
come put the first things first.
i want to love You, like you love me.

the terrifying beauty of the cross.
the terrifying wisdom of the cross.
only love could ever entice me.
only love could ever invite me.