(19) Kierkegaard's Works of Love—Forward
“These are reflections of the works of love... That which in its vast abundance is essentially inexhaustible is also essentially indescribable in its smallest act, simply because essentially it is everywhere wholly present and essentially cannot be described”
Profound insights come from Kierkegaard
We would be wise to listen
Thoughts that take us far and wide
Where he offers us his wisdom
He says we need a leap of faith
To escape our mortal prison
It's where we'll find a state of grace
For our existential transition
We can transcend our conformity
In divine love and its acts
Such love comes in its enormity
And transforms existential facts
These are the facts we have not questioned
In all our life before
Yet they put us into a painful tension
Our love can calm restore
Restoration by friend Kierkegaard
Comes simple and complex
We want to choose to read each word
To see what he says next
With openness and acceptance
Such reflections don't come with ease
Still it's worth all of our persistence
With our new vision, we will feel pleased
Works of Love he named his book
The result of his Christian reflection
Where we can do more than just look
We will find love's validation