Be Genuine

God has given you one face,
and you make yourself another.
  ~William Shakespeare

Genuine Compassion

It is important to understand the true meaning of love, for without it we can be nothing for Him. I wrote this poem several years ago - so here's my personal observation of what genuine compassion should to be, and this is the type of love I desire to possess.

Genuine Compassion
reaches beyond self
into the lives of others,
feeling their hurts, their pains, their humility.

It weeps,
it smiles, it laughs, it cares,
its authenticity speaking
from the depths of the spirit.

It acts
not as a facade of hypocrisy,
soliciting service through pretense
to receive rewards.

Genuine compassion is
and will be in the heart of a true believer,
Devotion, steadfastness and virtue
will be its covering.