Love, How long I had sought thee

Love
How long I had sought thee
Twas my desire that I might too
Love so perfectly

But it was not to be
Too much was I concerned
With what I could get with it

Cared I little for it in truth
Only but to feel
To feel love
That was all I thought
I desired
But it was not love

Such a thing was a material thing
And no joy did it bring
Each time it's cost was great
And yet it did not satisfy

I continued to seek it
So determined was I to have it
At any price I would pay
But each time
It did betray
This counterfeit
How it deceived
It bribed
But it did not
Fill my need

Was my quest in vain
Was there ever to be found
Such a love as I had desired

And then one night
I saw a star
Shining bright
Brighter and greater
Than any other light

There was something in it
That made one believe
Something wonderful
Something good
Must come of it

And it was not long after
That I came upon a company
Of wise men
They told me of this star
And what hope was found in it
They told of a great King
Who was to come
This light showed the way
To God's own son

So I joined their company
In search for such a king
Perhaps He would
Bring the love
For which I had so longed

Yet when at last I found this one
I was overcome
Could this be
Such a great king
In such a state
Where there should have been
Great gatherings of those in
Power and wealth
Instead came shepherds
And common folk

Still somehow
Though humble a place
I saw in such a face
The hope of salvation
To come
Indeed here lay
God's own son
And such love too
Was shown here
I could not express
Still I knew at last
I had found the one
Whom perfect love
Did know

It was He
Who would give it
To all that would receive
To them that would believe
He would give this love
With His life
He would pay the dept
And restore to us
The love and joy
For which we
So earnestly longed
To know
It was found in this one
In God's only son

-Joshua Lee Foist